Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon – Antique Americana Engraving, c.1850

Name: Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon – Antique Americana Engraving, c.1850
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14038-152
Price: 290 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 23.6 × 13.5 cm (9.3 × 5.3 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition with age-related toning, occasional light foxing, and minor handling wear consistent with age. Wide original margins preserved. Please review the photographs carefully for a complete assessment of condition.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Virginia
Reference: BG-14038-152

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon, Virginia, an original steel engraving published around 1850 by Herrmann J. Meyer. The sheet is printed in black. The plate title reads "Das Grab von Washington", and the lower margin bears the credit "Drawn after Nature" with the line "For the Proprietors Herrmann J. Meyer".

The tomb is shown as a small brick enclosure with a gateway of stone piers and a pointed arched wooden door, set among trees. Two visitors stand before the entrance, and a large tree leans in from the right and arches across the upper part of the sheet. Rough boulders, shrubs and a gently rising woodland fill the rest of the scene.

George Washington died in 1799 and was buried at Mount Vernon, his Potomac River estate. His remains were moved to a new tomb on the estate in 1831. The plate belongs to the German-language series of American views issued under Meyer's name.

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