Main entry:

Strickland, William, 1787-1854.

Title & Author:

Tomb of Washington, at Mount Vernon.

Publication:

Philadelphia : Carey and Hart, 1840 (C. Sherman & Co., Printers)

Description:

[5], 6-76 pages, [1] leaf, [4] leaves of plates : 4 illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Has also engraved t.p. (with portrait), signed in print: From Houdon's bust by Newsam; P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil'a.
Three plates signed in print: W. Strickland, del.; P.S. Duval, Lith. Phil'a.; on stone by A. Newsam.
Dedication signed: William Strickland.
"[I have prepared] the following pages in the form of a souvenir; which embraces, with other subjects, copies of the [1837] correspondence between the late Major Lawrence Lewis and Mr. John Struthers the sculptor and donor ..."--Dedication
Includes Washington's "Farewell address": pages 41-76
Checklist Amer. imprints, 40-6369
Also issued online.

Resources:
Related Electronic Resource: Web site with full text of another edition of Washington's "Farewell address"
Reading advice (software, printing, accessibility, privacy)

Subject:

Washington, George, 1732-1799 Tomb.
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Tombs
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Mount Vernon (Virg. : Domaine)
Virginia Mount Vernon (Estate)

Added entries:

Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839, correspondent.
Struthers, John, Philadelphia sculptor, correspondent.
Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886, lithographer.
Newsam, Albert, 1809-1864, engraver.
Washington, George, 1732-1799. Farewell address.
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 40980
Call No.: 0000774 381; ID:89-B1148
Status: Available