. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . e between the shield andthe crest; and below was aribbon with his motto uponit. Upon each of the fourpanels of the coach was anallegorical picture, emblem-atic of one of the seasons. These were beautifully paintedupon copper by Cipriani, an Italian artist. The ground wasa very dark green—so dark that it appeared nearly black;and the allegorical figures were executed in bronze, in sizenine and a half by ten inches. One of them, emblematical ofspring, is represented in the engraving. Washin
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . e between the shield andthe crest; and below was aribbon with his motto uponit. Upon each of the fourpanels of the coach was anallegorical picture, emblem-atic of one of the seasons. These were beautifully paintedupon copper by Cipriani, an Italian artist. The ground wasa very dark green—so dark that it appeared nearly black;and the allegorical figures were executed in bronze, in sizenine and a half by ten inches. One of them, emblematical ofspring, is represented in the engraving. Washington and his family travelled from Elizabethtown toPhiladelphia in this coach when on their way from New Yorkto Mount Yernon, in the early autumn of 1789. Dunn, hisdriver, appears to have been quite incompetent to manage thesix horses with which the coach was then drawn; and almostimmediately after leaving Elizabethtown Point, he allowedthe coach to run into a gully, by which it was injured. AtGovernor Livingstons, where they dined, another coachman EMBLAZONING ON WASHINGTONS COACH. 248 MOUNT VERNON. PICTURE ON A. PANEL OF WASHINGTONS COACH. was employed. In a letter to Mr. Lear, wiitten at a tavern inMaryland, while on his way to Mount Yernon, Washingtonsaid: Dunn has given such proof of his want of skill in driving,that I find myself under the necessity of looking out for someone to take his place. Before we reached Elizabethtown wewere obliged to take him from the coach and put him on thewagon. This he turned over twice, and this morning he wasfound much intoxicated. He has also got the horses into thehabit of stopping. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. ^^9 In a letter to Mr. Lear soon after arriving at Mount Yernon,Washington mentions the fact that he had left his coachand harness with Mr. Clarke, a coach-maker in Philadelphia,for repairs, and requests him to see tliat they are well done,when he shall reach that city, Mr. Lear being then in NewYork. David Clarke was an Englishman, an
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