Washington Family by E.B. and E.C. Kellogg after Edward Savage
date: label: date made
content: 1843-1852
name: label: depicted
content: Washington, George
label: depicted
content: Washington, Martha
label: depicted
content: Custis, George Washington Parke
label: depicted
content: Custis, Eleanor Parke
label: maker
content: E.B. and E.C. Kellogg
label: originator
content: Savage, Edward
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hand colored print; interior scene of George and Martha Washington seated at a table. A girl (Eleanor Parke Custis) stands beside Martha, a boy (George Washington Parke Custis) stands near George with his hand resting on a globe. Heavy drapery and framed portrait in background. The scene is based on the painting by Edward Savage, though notably the African American enslaved servant is missing in the Kellogg print.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This print was produced by the Hartford, Connecticut lithographic firm of E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. Edmund Burke Kellogg and Elijah Chapman Kellogg were younger brothers of the founder of the Kellogg lithography firm, Daniel Wright Kellogg. After Daniel Wright Kellogg moved west, his two brothers took over the family lithography firm in 1840 and changed the name to E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. They were responsible for the continued success of the family firm and involved in partnerships with Horace Thayer in 1846-47, John Chenevard Comstock in 1848 and William Henry Bulkeley in 1867.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Dwight Needham of Buffalo was the co-publisher/ distributor or agent for this print.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The original artist, Edward Savage (1761-1817), a native of Massachusetts, was originally a goldsmith and an engraver. He was self taught in painting at the time he created the Washington Family, but due to its popularity, he was able to spend some time in London training under Benjamin West. When he returned to America he painted in Philadelphia and New York City.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
label: depicted
content: United States: Virginia, Mount Vernon Manor
topic: label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Furnishings
label: Subject
content: Marriage
label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Flowers
label: depicted
content: Family
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2540
label: catalog number
content: 60.2540
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 1/2 in x 12 in; 21.59 cm x 30.48 cm