Washington and his mother [engraving]

Washington and his mother [engraving]

New York George Washington Memorial Assoc., Inc. 1932

1 print ; on sheet 37 x 50 cm. mounted on mat board.

P&E L2006D37

A domestic scene in front of the fireplace in the Rappahannock homestead, showing the widowed mother sewing in silence while George, age twelve, studiously applies himself to the task of self-education. Rectangle.
Original etching, signed by the artist. Without letters. Sheet contains watermark of the Geo. Washington Memorial Assoc.
This is illustration #1 in the series of 20 etchings by contemporary artists, issued in connection with the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington by The George Washington Memorial Association, Inc. of New York. The series was intended to assist teachers in the development of lessons about Washington and his life. Information on each etching in this record comes from the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington Teachers' Manual. A complete set of reproductions of the originals of the 20 pageant etchings is available as P&E L2006D48.

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