About the Artwork
Washington's Sepulchre, Mount Vernon
1819
John Hill (Artist) English, 1770-1850 Joshua Shaw (Artist) English, 1776-1860 Moses Thomas (Publisher) American
Aquatint and etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 14 7/8 × 11 1/2 inches (37.8 × 29.2 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball
49.375
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by J. Shaw. Inscribed, lower center: WASHINGTON'S SEPULCHRE MOUNT VERNON | Published by M. Thomas Philadelphia. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by J. Hill. Inscribed, in pencil, lower right corner verso: Sample
Provenance
The Rosenbach Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). 1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John Hill; after Joshua Shaw, Washington's Sepulchre, Mount Vernon, 1819, aquatint and etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball, 49.375.
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