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.
