Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Death of General Washington
Object Number:
1942.536
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. ( 49.5 x 55.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: all over: "THE DEATH of GENERAL WASHINGTON/ This most illustrious and much lamented Personage died on the 15th of Dec.r 1799, .../..."
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with an image of the death of George Washington in a central medallion surrounded by his doctors, Craik and Dick, and Martha; six boxes with eulogies around the vignette; printed in sepia ink on a white ground.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.