Washington at Mt. Vernon
Artist
Frederick Childe Hassam
(American, 1859-1935)
Publisher
Peter Platt
CultureAmerican
Date1932
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall, Plate: 8 5/16 x 13 11/16 in. (21.1 x 34.8 cm)
Overall: 12 5/8 x 17 13/16 in. (32 x 45.2 cm)
Overall: 12 5/8 x 17 13/16 in. (32 x 45.2 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated on plate lower right: "Childe Hassam Nov. 27th 1931". Lower left of plate a signature (?) and "1932". Initials in pencil: "CH" in margin below coats. In pencil lower right corner of paper: "JTA". "Printed by Peter Platt of NY". Paper watermarked in bottom margin at left: "Van Gelder Zonen Holland".
Credit LineBequest of Dorothy Noyes Arms
Object number55.28.105R
Not on view
DescriptionEtching on laid paper with four deckle edges. 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.Exhibition History"First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: America Remembers George Washington 1732-1799," Chrysler Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 1999 - Summer 2001.
