Washington's first interview with Mrs. Custis afterwards Mrs. Washington. [engraving]

Washington's first interview with Mrs. Custis afterwards Mrs. Washington. [engraving]

N.Y. Johnson, Fry & Co. c1856

1 print ; on sheet 22 x 29 cm.

P&E L1993.891m

George Washington stands by the fireplace, left arm resting on the mantle, speaking to Mrs. Custis. Her two children play at left. A gentleman, tending two horses, awaits outside the porch at the rear seen through a doorway where another gentleman and a servant's child watch.
An illustration from Schroeder's, Life and times of Washington, Vol. 1, between pages 122-123. Below the title it reads: "From the original picture by Alonzo Chappel in the possession of the Publishers"

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