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Object Record
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Metadata
Object name |
Painting |
Title |
Return from the Fox Hunt, Mt. Vernon - 1785 |
Artist or maker |
John Ward Dunsmore (1856-1945) |
Date |
1906 |
Place of origin |
USA |
Physical description |
After the Revolution and upon his return to private life, Washington found himself so engrossed with the re-establishment of his affairs, the calls for his assistance and advice in public matters and the visits of people of importance from every corner of the country, that he no longer was able to enjoy the frequent meets for riding to the hounds. He decided therefore to break up his kennels and in 1785 he gave away his hounds. The picture represents the last hunt which took place at Mount Vernon. His neighbors, Richard Henry Lee and George Mason, are present and Mrs. Washington and ladies receive them on the lawn. Nellie Custis runs forwards to receive "the brush" which General Washington is offering to her. |
Past exhibit |
Dunsmore: Illustrating the American Revolutionary War |
Catalogue number |
1936.02.006 |
Collection name |
Paintings and Sculpture |
Credit line |
Gift of George A. Zabriskie Memorial, 1936 |
People |
Washington, George Dunsmore, John Ward Lee, Richard Henry Mason, George Washington, Martha Custis, Nellie |