The Washington Family
December 1, 1800
Medium
Mezzotint, hand colored
Dimensions
sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 in. (49.5 x 63.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, transferred from the American Wing
Accession Number
29.108
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Washington Family** (December 1, 1800) is a striking hand-colored mezzotint print by engraver Edward Bell, with contributions from Jeremiah Paul, Jr., and publishers Atkins and Nightingale. Measuring 19½ × 25 inches, this work from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department captures George Washington at his Mount Vernon estate, surrounded by his wife Martha, female family members, and horses. Produced just months after Washington's death on December 14, 1799, it serves as a tender posthumous tribute to America's first president in his domestic life. Mezzotint, a tec...
About the Artist
Edward Bell|Jeremiah Paul, Jr.|Atkins and Nightingale (British|American| ) · 1770 |1720 |1780 –1847 |1820 |1850
British, active 1794–1847|American, probably born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died 1820 near St. Louis, Missouri|London and Philadelphia