Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View of Mount Vernon, Virginia, from the Northeast
Object Number:
1958.55
Date:
1795
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 13 in. ( 20 x 33 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: upper left: "Mount Vernon from the N. E."
Inscriptions:
Watermark on half page: circle with seated figure, shield with cross all surmounted by crown-missing half page should read "C PATCH / 1794"; inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Mount Vernon from the N.E."; several annotations
Description:
Topographical view
Credit Line:
Gift of Reverend J.E. Strickland
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family; the Reverend J.E. Strickland, Gouray Lodge, Jersey, Channel Islands
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
