A front view of the estate and building at Mount Vernon with a distant view of the Potomac River and mountain peak. Several tourists are scattered on the lawn and on the front colonnade
Alternative Title:
Front view of Mount Vernon from the north with the east front and lawn
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Artist unidentified. From 2005 Christie's appraisal: American School, 19th century.
LWL Ptg. 104 Framed, on view in Administration Area
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1
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still image
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A view toward Richmond hill looking over the Thames River. The landscape well-treed. Swans swim in the foreground water. At left a party disembarks from a boat. A couple wait on shore with their dog. Some vessels with sails navigate the river. Buildings stretch across the top of the hill in the distant horizon
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and One of a pair of paintings; the other is entitled: View of Twickenham from Strawberry Hill.
LWL Ptg. 139 Framed, on view in Administration Area
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1
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still image
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A view with cloud-filled sky of the south face of Strawberry Hill House with white-washed façade, pinnacles and castellated walls and turrets. The house is situated in a treed landscape with a spacious expanse of lawn in the foreground that extends to the banks of the Thames River on the right. Several houses are visible across the river. A small sailboat is on the water. This is the only known view of the house between the completion of the Library and the Great Parlor in 1754 and the addition of the Long Gallery in 1761. A related view, likely a pair to this one, but from a slightly different angle and with an earlier architectural structure in brick to the left, has turned up in 2021 at auction
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Unsigned by artist.
LWL Ptg. 103 Framed, on view in Administration Area
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1
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still image
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A prospect of Twickenham in the distance from the grounds of Strawberry Hill. At middle distance is Mr. Biscoe’s house on the left. Next to it is Lord Radnor’s Chinese style summer house. Some livestock graze in the field and along the river
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., One of a pair of paintings; the other entitled: View of Richmond Hill from Twickenham Strawberry Hill (LWL Ptg. 104)., and In a period gilt frame.
A panoramic view towards St. Paul’s Cathedral includes a low horizon punctuated by Wren church steeples and a large expanse of cloudy sky. Fashionable figures stroll on the terrace of Somerset house while the river bustles with boats
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and In the manner of Antonio Joli and formerly attributed to both him and Samual Scott.
