Artist John Hill, English, 1770-1850
Artist after Joshua Shaw, English, 1776-1860
Publisher M. Carey and Son, American
Title
  • Washington's Sepulchre, Mount Vernon
Date 1819
Medium aquatint and etching printed in black ink on wove paper
Dimensions Plate: 14 7/8 × 11 3/4 inches (37.8 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/8 × 15 inches (54.3 × 38.1 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball
Accession Number 49.374
Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Not On View
Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by J. Shaw.
Inscribed, lower center: WASHINGTON'S SEPULCHRE MOUNT VERNON | Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia.
Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by J. Hill.
The Rosenbach Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA).
1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)