Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

The Washington Family in period frame
1867
Currier and Ives
USA: New York, New York City
Lithograph on paper
frame: 16-1/8"h x 19-1/8"w x 1"d
Gift of John H. Van Gorden
83.21.3a

Lithograph, "The Washington Family"; scene shows George and Martha Washington seated at table with grandchildren; on bottom: "Lith of Currier and Ives/ Entered According to Act of Congress AD 1867 by Currier and Ives in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York/ 152 Nassau St. New York/ The Washington Family/ New York. Published by Currier and Ives 152 Nassau St./ Washington/ Goe. Washn. Parke Custis./ Eleanor/ Lady Washington/ The Washington Family./ New York Published by Currier and Ives 152 Nassau St." frame: "rustic" looking frame of four slats of wood.

Currier and Ives published several versions of this scene of George and Martha Washington with their grandchildren. They modeled the image an earlier print created and published by Edward Savage. Currier and Ives’ different versions showed the family in slightly different dress, colors, positions, and with varying backgrounds. This one omits Washington’s enslaved valet, William Lee. Savage had included Lee in his print.