Washington at Mount Vernon 1797
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 8 in. × 12 5/16 in. (20.3 × 31.2 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 in. × 14 in. (25.2 × 35.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Accession Number
63.550.362
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
George Washington|Nathaniel Currier · 1732–1799
**George Washington (1732–1799) was not an artist or painter.** The American figure of that name and lifespan is the first President of the United States and Revolutionary War commander, widely known as the “Father of His Country.” Extensive searches of art-historical sources, Wikipedia, museum collections, and biographical records yield no evidence that he produced paintings, drawings as fine art...