Mount Vermont, the Situation of Gen'l George Washington

Art

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Mount Vermont, the Situation of Gen'l George Washington

Entry/Object ID

1987.43.1

Description

Watercolor painting showing a large building (Mount Vernon) atop a green hill. The two-and-a-half-story columned building sits on a rise in the middle ground. Trees and other foliage are along left and right borders and around the home. In the left background there is a body of water (Potomac River) with boats. The piece is signed at the lower right, "Lovisa Catterton Nov. 30, 1816 at Middlebury, Vt."

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor

Subject Place

Building

Mount Vernon

City

Alexandria

State/Province

Virginia

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Context

Painted by Lovisa (or Louisa) Chatterton while a student at Emma Willard's Middlebury Female Seminary in 1816.

Acquisition

Accession

1987.43

Source or Donor

Northrop, Donald

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Hammond, Louisa Chatterton (1795-1868)

Date made

Nov 30, 1816

Place

Town

Middlebury

County

Addison County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (framed)

Height

24 in

Width

27-1/2 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Description

Overall (unframed)

Height

16-1/8 in

Width

19-7/8 in