Drawing of an urn from which grows ivy with clusters of purple berries climbing a stone wall behind; decorates the right margin of the text block on the title page
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist with initials in lower left portion of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from specially printed title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Bound in as page 14 in volume 10 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world/ edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
A view of Mount Vernon from the south. Mount Vernon is visible at the summit of a distant hill above the Potomac River. A few boats navigate the waters. In the foreground, just beyond a wooded hillock, a horse and rider pause in a dirt road that passes in front of the family tomb where a standing man gestures at the entrance
Alternative Title:
View of Mount Vernon from the south with the old family vault in the foreground
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Artist unidentified. From 2005 Christie's appraisal: American School, 19th century.
