Thomas Oldham Barlow | The Home of Washington | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title: The Home of Washington

Engraver: Thomas Oldham Barlow (British, Oldham, Lancashire 1824–1889 London)

Artist: After Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (1818–1871)

Artist: After Louis Remy Mignot (American, Charleston, South Carolina 1831–1870 Brighton)

Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)

Sitter: Marquis de Lafayette (French, 1757–1834)

Sitter: Martha Washington (American, 1731–1802)

Sitter: Eleanor Parke Custis (American, 1779-1852)

Sitter: George Washington Parke Custis (American, 1781–1857)

Publisher: (?) John McClure (American, active ca. 1893–1929)

Date: 1893–1910

Medium: Etching and engraving

Dimensions: Image: 23 1/16 × 33 1/16 in. (58.5 × 84 cm)
Sheet: 26 3/4 × 35 3/4 in. (68 × 90.8 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Bequest of Maria P. James, 1910

Accession Number: 11.60.178

Inscription: in plate, below image: "The home of Washington / painted by T.P. Rossiter & L.R. Mignot ; engraved by Thos. Oldham Barlow.

Maria P. James

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