The Washington Family
John Sartain, American, 1808 - 1897
after Edward Savage, American, 1761 - 1817
about 1840
Engraving on wove paper
Overall: 16 1/2 × 24 in. (41.9 × 61 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Stanley P. Miner, Class of 1922
PR.975.87
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left to right: PAINTED BY EDWARD SAVAGE GEO. WASH.N PARKE CURTIS GEN'L GEO. WASHINGTON ELEANOR PARKE CURTIS. MARTHA WASHINGTON. WILLIAM LEE. ENGRAVED BY J. SARTAIN.
Course History
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Annabelle Cone, Winter 2013
HIST 16, AAAS 12, Black America to the Civil War, Rashauna Chenault, Winter 2013
HIST 27, WGST 23, Gender and Power in American History from the Colonial Period to the Civil War, Leslie Butler, Spring 2012
ITAL 3, Introductory Italian III, Scott Milspaugh, Spring 2013
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Annabelle Cone, Winter 2013
FREN 3, Intermediate French, Yasser Elhariry, Winter 2013
WRIT 5, America's Founding Fathers: Why They Still Matter, Marlene Heck, Winter 2015
HIST 7.32, Civil War Photography, Robert Bonner, Spring 2019
HIST 7.32, Civil War Photographs, Robert Bonner, Winter 2022
English 52.20/African and African American Studies 82.11, Reading Between the Color Lines in 19th Century American Literature, Michael Chaney, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 23-March 21, 1976.
Unlayering Stereotypes: Selections from the Permanent Collection For Teaching Cultural Anthropology, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 7, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 24-August 20, 1995.
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