The Life of George Washington: The Citizen (Primary Title)
After, Junius Brutus Stearns, American, 1810 - 1885 (Artist)
Claude Regnier, French, died 1860 (Lithographer)
Imprimerie Lemercier et cie., French, Paris 1837 - 1901 (Printer)
Printed beneath image, lower left: "Painted by STEARNS"; lower center: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by M. Knoedler, in the clerk's Office of the district Court of the United States for the Southern district of New York/ LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON/ THE CITIZEN"; lower right: "Lith by RÉGNIER_ Imp Lemercier Paris". Printed in lower right corner: "........ In the year 1758 Col. Washington paid his address successfully to Mrs Martha Custis to whom/ he was married on the 6th of January 1759. This lady was three months younger than himself, widow of/ John Park Custis, distinguished alike for her beauty, accomplishments and wealth./ Spark's life of Washington."
Gift of Mrs. George Roche and Miss Grace McDonough
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