Object Number 1977.0586 B

Object Name

Print mounted on wood

Title

Memoral to Washington mounted on wood from Mount Vernon

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Anonymous

Creator (Role)

James Crutchett (Manufacturer)

Horace Barnes & Co. (Seller)

American Bank Note Co. (Engraver)
1858

H. Billings (Designer)

Place of Origin

Washington, District of Columbia, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Frame made at the Mount Vernon Factory.

Secondary Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Printed material made in Boston, and object possibly assembled there for Horace Barnes & Co. to sell.

Date

1859

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top perimeter of print; DESIGNED BY H. BILLINGS, ENGRAVED BY THE AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO.
2. Inscription; Bottom perimeter of print; Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859 by H. Barnes in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Subjects

Allegory; George Washington; Political figure

Materials

Ink; Paper; Wood; Glass

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

0.32 (D) , 3.1 (Diam) , 1.9 (Image H) , 1.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

0.82 (D) , 8 (Diam) , 1.9 (Image H) , 1.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Depth and diameter (with grain) of wood. Print diameter: 2.0 in. (5.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Horace Barnes & Co.

Publication Date

1859

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Object Description

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