Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . WASnVGTON S COPflN. Mrs. Washingtons coffin is perfectly plain. That of herhusband has a sculptured lid, on which isrepresented the American shield suspendedover the flag of the LTnion. The latter is hungin festoons, and the whole group is surmount-ed with a spread-eagle as a crest. The new tomb, in design and structure, isofiTensive to good taste, and its appearancejustifies the description of it l)y an Englishnobleman who said, It is a glaring redbuilding somewhat between a coach-house andIt stands at the bot
Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . WASnVGTON S COPflN. Mrs. Washingtons coffin is perfectly plain. That of herhusband has a sculptured lid, on which isrepresented the American shield suspendedover the flag of the LTnion. The latter is hungin festoons, and the whole group is surmount-ed with a spread-eagle as a crest. The new tomb, in design and structure, isofiTensive to good taste, and its appearancejustifies the description of it l)y an Englishnobleman who said, It is a glaring redbuilding somewhat between a coach-house andIt stands at the bottom of a steep. Lin OP?Washingtons coffin. a caffe. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 843
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