Bird's Eye View of Mt. Vernon

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Bird's Eye View of Mt. Vernon
Bird's Eye View of Mt. Vernon
Artist/Maker
Publisher (American & Australian, 1885 -1970 & 1878 - 1966)
Datepublished 1859
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 9 3/4 in. × 14 in. (24.8 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 12 in. × 15 1/2 in. (30.5 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.131
Not on view
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Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Signature Signed and dated in typeset at lower center: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859, by G. & F. BILL the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts
Inscribed Signed and dated in typeset at lower center: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859, by G. & F. BILL the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts; entitled in typeset at lower center: BIRDS EYE VIEW OF / MT. VERNON / THE HOME OF WASHINGTON.; inscribed in typeset at lower left: No. 1. Mansion 94 by 47 / 2. Kitchens / 3. Store Houses / 4. Green House / 5. Gardners Houses / 6. Brick Stable / 7. Summer House; in typeset at lower right: 8. Tomb / 9. Seed House / 10. Lawn in Rear / 11. Vegetale Garden / 12. Flower Garden / 13. Plank Walk to Landing / 14. Orchard.; in pencil on verso at lower left: HC 126
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