St. Peters Church, near White House, Va. / McIlvaine. – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic drawing captures St. Peters Church, near White House, Va. / McIlvaine. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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St. Peters Church, near White House, Va. / McIlvaine.
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Inscribed as the place "where Washington was married," this 1862 watercolor depicts St. Peter's Church near the White House plantation on the Pamunkey River in New Kent County. Tradition holds that George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis at the church in January 1759, and the building was a familiar landmark in colonial Tidewater long before the war. In 1862, the area became part of the Union army's Peninsula Campaign, when White House Landing served as a major supply depot, and the soldiers listed among the picture's subjects reflect that wartime presence.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Watercolors American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Inscribed: Where Washington was married. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Churches--Virginia--1860-1870. Soldiers--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Virginia--White House |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,643 × 3,811 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220259 |
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