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)
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
Not on view
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.
