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French ambassador Jean-Baptiste Ternant (1750-1816) presented George Washington with this portrait of King Louis XVI on December 22, 1791. Washington prominently displayed it in the state room of his Philadelphia residence and, later, in Mount Vernon's New Room. Its magnificent frame - one of the most…
In an age before photography, portrait miniatures provided a means to recall the likeness of a friend or loved one and preserve fragile emotional and familial bonds. Affectionately known as "Rosebud," Eliza Law Rogers was the only daughter of Eliza Parke Custis, a granddaughter of Martha Washington,…
When he died, George Washington's Study contained almost 900 volumes, numerous pamphlets, and a large collection of maps. The books indicate his interests in literature, mathematics, history, geography and science. He purchased this four-volume edition of Don Quixote on September 17, 1787, while presiding…
This miniature depicts Eliza "Rosebud" Law Rogers, the only child of Martha Washington's granddaughter, Eliza Parke Custis, and Thomas Law. Widely admired in Washington, D.C. society and doted on by her mother, her early death at the age of 25 was a great blow to the family. This miniature may have been…
George Washington penned this poignant note just before departing Philadelphia for the American camp at Cambridge, Massachusetts. For reasons that will never be known, Martha Washington destroyed nearly all of her correspondence with her husband before her death in 1802. Her granddaughter, Martha Parke…
"The letter without date, with which you were pleased to honor me, accompanied by a plan of this Seat, came to my hands by the last Post-for both I pray you to accept my sincere and hearty thanks. The plan describes with accuracy the houses, walks, shrubs beries &ca except in the front of the Lawn -…
"It was an extraordinary circumstance that so young and inexperienced a person be employed on a negotiation with which the subjects of the greatest importance were involved." - George Washington In 1753-54, a 22-year-old George Washington traveled as emissary and diplomat deep into the Ohio territory…
Vaughan, a wealthy English merchant, visited Mount Vernon in August 1787, while touring through Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. His journal contains a written description of the estate as well as the earliest-known sketch of the Mansion, gardens and outbuildings. These accounts make it an exceptionally…
Doolittle's extremely rare engraving celebrates George Washington's indispensable role in the formation and future success of our nation's federal government. A chain of state seals connected by the Great Seal of the United States encircles Washington, and corresponds to his belief that "our Assemblies…
