The Washington Family
[3] Based on life studies made early in Washington's presidency, Savage began work on the oil painting in New York City during 1789–1790 and later completed it in Philadelphia during 1795–1796.[5] The Library of Congress holds in its collections a print of a color engraving that Savage and Robert Wilkinson published in London in 1798.[7][8] The northerly direction to the left to which a magnetic compass on the base of a globe points and topographical details of the view indicate that the family is on the west bank of the Potomac River at Mount Vernon, occupying an idealized rendering of the portico that Washington designed for the house.[14] An oil painting by Peter Waddell entitled A Vision Unfolds debuted in 2005 within an exhibition on Freemasonry that the Octagon House's museum in Washington, D.C., was hosting.Containing elements present in The Washington Family, Waddell's history painting depicts a meeting that is taking place within an elaborate surveying tent.
The Washington Family by Edward Savage (1789–1796).
1798 stipple print of The Washington Family by Edward Savage
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