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General Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon (copy after engraving in The Port Folio magazine, 1810), (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on white laid paper
Type:
Paintings-Copy
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 42.95.44
Date:
1811-ca. 1813
Notes:
Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 348.
Summary:
A view looking across the Virginia landscape toward the door of General Washington's tomb in an earth mound covered with trees.
Topic:
Homage--Washington, George  Search this
Landscape--Virginia--Mount Vernon  Search this
Architecture--Monument--Tomb  Search this
Control number:
IAP 36121506
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_362768