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c. 1863 Early George and Martha Washington Print

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"Washington's First Interview With His Wife"

c. 1863, Early George and Martha Washington Print, New York, Choice Very Fine.
19" x 23", engraved print showing Martha Washington seated beside a window, the curtains drawn back from it, while her two children, a young boy and girl, play on the floor at her feet. George Washington stands across the room dressed in his formal military attire, save for his hat and gloves, which he holds in his hands. George and Martha, both younger in this print than in most official portraits, make eye contact across the room and seem immediately at peace in each other's presence at this, their first meeting. George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759, just two years after her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, passed away and left her widowed with their two children. After the marriage, they all moved together to Mount Vernon, where Martha tended to the estate and her children while George was leading his country in the American Revolution. Engraved by G.R. Hall "from the original picture painted expressly for this engraving" by J.W. Ehninger, and "entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1863, by William Pate in the clerk's office of the district court of the U.S. for the Southern district of New York." Minor toning to the border and upper right-hand corner missing. A lovely print capturing a private and touching moment in the life and times of George Washington.



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