c. 1805-1810
Description
On March. 31, 1800, Francis Jukes (1747–1812,) issued an aquatint engraving in London that was to inspire a variety of adaptations by needleworkers and amateur painters. The print, Mount Vernon in Virginia / The seat of the late Lieut. General George Washington, was made after a drawing by Alexander Robertson (1772–1841). The embroidered and painted picture at Bayou Bend was presumably a project at a school like Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, or Misses Patten’s School, Hartford, Connecticut. It was worked by Plymouth, Massachusetts, resident Nancy Ellis Brewster, probably between 1805 and 1810.
Descriptive Medium
Silk and watercolor
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Location
Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA
Country
USA
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture