Mount Vernon – Historic 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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Mount Vernon in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Here Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette stand together on the lawn at Mount Vernon, the Virginia plantation where Washington lived. Lafayette first met Washington in 1777, and he visited Mount Vernon in 1784 and again in 1824, during his tour of the United States. Because the print dates from about 1867, more than three decades after Lafayette's death, it shows a remembered friendship rather than a record of a single moment. Its place among Revolutionary War subjects reflects how Lafayette's role in the war became part of the national story.
| Created / published | c. 1867 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print |
| Notes | Thomas Lawler. SUMMARY: George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette are in group on lawn |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,892 × 2,966 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 01995u |
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