Washington at Mount Vernon
Artist
G. Kibbe
(American, active mid 1860s)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1860s
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 27 1/8 in. (58.4 x 68.9 cm)
InscribedSigned on reverse: "G. Kibbe, pinxt."
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number80.181.7
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a portrait of George Washington on horsback and is a west(?) view of Mount Vernon. There is a masted ship at the far right of the view.Label TextG. Kibbe American, active mid 1860s Washington at Mount Vernon, ca. 1860s Oil on canvas White House, Oswego, New York, ca. 1860 American Oil on board While some artists specialized in likenesses of people, others created portraits of houses and estates. The design of George Washington’s Mount Vernon became a patriotic symbol through published prints, inspiring the picture on the left. The adjacent painting is likely the work of an upstate New York artist, commissioned by homeowners to express pride in their property. In this era, architecture manuals like Andrew Jackson Downing’s Cottage Residences (1842) encouraged middle-class Americans to personalize their dwellings with porches and turrets, making them distinctive and even more picture-worthy. Gifts of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 80.181.7 and 76.53.29 Exhibition History"First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: America Remembers George Washington 1732-1799," Chrysler Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 1999 - Summer 2001. "Democratic Designs: American Folk Paintings from the Chrysler Museum," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, August 16, 2014 - April 5, 2015.
