New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Washington at Mt. Vernon

Artist Frederick Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935)

Publisher Peter Platt

CultureAmerican

Date1932

MediumEtching

DimensionsOverall, Plate: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (21.3 x 34.5 cm)
Overall: 14 1/8 x 19 1/8 in. (35.9 x 48.5 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated on plate lower right: "Childe Hassam Nov. 27th 1931". Lower left of plate a signature (?) and "1932". "Printed by Peter Platt of NY". Paper watermarked lower right corner "GW" within a circle and Washington arms upper left.

Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms

Object number55.28.105S

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DescriptionEtching on laid paper. No. 19 of the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington. Printed by Peter Platt of NY.Three men in the foreground are conversing and are playing a form of bocce/lawnbowling. To the right is a group of men and women. Mt. Vernon forms the background.
Label TextFrederick Childe Hassam American (1859-1935) Washington at Mount Vernon, 1932 Etching 55.28.105 sExhibition History"First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: America Remembers George Washington 1732-1799," Chrysler Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 1999 - Summer 2001.