Mount Vernon

William Henry Bartlett (English, 1809–1854)

1830–54

Medium/Technique Watercolor on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 22.2 x 34.6 cm (8 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number50.3849

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Karolik (1962) cat.

DescriptionFigures in foreground; building on right, trees and water on left.

InscriptionsVerso in graphite: "Mt. Vernon / Residence of Washington."; bottom right: "Williamson"; bottom left: "Wanted 1 Sept."

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950