Mrs. George Washington (Martha Dandridge) [engraving]

Mrs. George Washington (Martha Dandridge) [engraving]

New York D. Appleton & Co. c1854

1 print ; 26 x 18 cm. on sheet 29 x 21 cm.

P&E L1994.969.1m

Three quarter length, standing to the left. She holds a flower in her right hand plucked from a bush on the left. Her left hand rests on her skirt. Her short hair is decorated with pearls. In the background, to the right, is a large, standing garden urn, filled with plants.
Below the title it reads: "From an original picture by John Wollaston in possession of G.W.P.Custis, Esq. Arlington House, DC
Frontispiece in Griswold, "The Republican court, or American society in the days of Washington"
Digitized image available.

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