Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Drawings
View up the Potomac from the Portico at Mount Vernon, Virginia
Object Number:
1958.68
Date:
1795
Medium:
Graphite on half of folded sheet
Dimensions:
folded sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 in. ( 31.8 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower center, on image page: "View up the Potomac from the Portico / of Mount Vernon"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "View up the Potowmac from the Portico / at Mount Vernon"
Description:
Topographical view
Credit Line:
Gift of Reverend J.E. Strickland
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family; the Reverend J.E. Strickland, Gouray Lodge, Jersey, Channel Islands
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
