. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . MORNING—A LANDSCAPE BY WINSTANLET. Wliile residing in Philadelphia, Washington became ac-quainted with the merits of William Winstanley, an English-. EVENING—A LANDSCAPE BT WINSTANLEY. man, and landscape painter, who came to America in 1T96. 320 MOUNT YERNON He was spoken of as an artist of genius and reputation,whose landscapes in oil are greatly admired hj the connois-seurs. Washington, pleased with some specimens of his skillwhich were brought to his notice, gave him a commission topai
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . MORNING—A LANDSCAPE BY WINSTANLET. Wliile residing in Philadelphia, Washington became ac-quainted with the merits of William Winstanley, an English-. EVENING—A LANDSCAPE BT WINSTANLEY. man, and landscape painter, who came to America in 1T96. 320 MOUNT YERNON He was spoken of as an artist of genius and reputation,whose landscapes in oil are greatly admired hj the connois-seurs. Washington, pleased with some specimens of his skillwhich were brought to his notice, gave him a commission topaint six medium-sized pictures, representing scenery on theHudson River. These were afterward taken to Mount Vernon,and adorned the walls of the drawing-room there. Two ofthese, called respectively Morning and Evening, are now atArlington House. Two others are in the family of the lateMrs. Lewis (Nelly Custis); of the remaining two we have nointelligence. Washino-ton was ao-ain awakened from his sweet dream of o o peace and quietness in his home on the Potomac, by the callof his country to lend to it once more his voice and his were signs of war in the political firmament. France,once the ally of the United States, assumed the attitude of
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