Leaving Mount Vernon for the Congress of the Colonies

Leaving Mount Vernon for the Congress of the Colonies

Item Information

Title:
Leaving Mount Vernon for the Congress of the Colonies
Description:
Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Edmund Pendleton ride out of Mount Vernon toward Philadelphia and second Continental Congress, 1775.
Artist:
Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911
Name on Item:
Pyle
Date:
[ca. 1890–1896]
Format:
Paintings
Genre:
Oil paintings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Howard Pyle (1853-1911). Prints and Paintings
Subjects:
Statesmen
Politicians
Diplomats
Horseback riding
Founding Fathers of the United States
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
Places:
Virginia > Fairfax (county) > Mount Vernon (historic site)
Extent:
1 painting : oil on illustration board ; board 46 x 31 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from item.
Handwritten on item: The departure of Washington, Henry and Pendleton from Mount Vernon for Philadelphia.
Additional information accompanying item: Signed in lower right corner, "Pyle."
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger based on item's publication dates.
Notes (publications):
Reproductions published in: Harper's Magazine," May 1896; "At Home in Virginia" by Woodrow Wilson, 1896.
Identifier:
18_21_000017
Barcode:
36666004440661