N.G. JOHNSON, PHOTOGRAPHER WASH, D.C. STEREOVIEW MT VERNON MANSION VIRGINIA

Description: Offered for auction is an early stereoview Photographed and Published by Newton G. Johnston, Washington, D.C. Newton G. Johnston was born in 1821 in Massachusetts, he was active as a photographers in a variety of locations as noted below as follows: Active in (1855-1856), Meadville, PA - Active in (1857-1858), Iowa City, IA. - Active in (1859-1860), Chicago, IL, - Active in (1860s), Erie, PA. and Studio or Business (1870s-1890s), 309 9th Street Washington, DC. This is most likely the time period that the stereoviews were published and photographed by Newton Johnston as noted on the stereoview frame. The information on the front of the frame is as follows N.G. Johnston, Photographer, 309 9th Street, Washington, D. C. Only Authorized Publisher of Mount Vernon Views. The stereoview is titled the back as follows: -- MT. VERNON MANSION, EAST, OR RIVER FRONT, - Showing the long Piazza constructed by General Washington; also, the South Porch, included in the extensions. Copyright by the Mount Vernon Association. -- Below additional information on MOUNT VERNON HISTORY: Mount Vernon is the former plantation estate and burial location of George Washington, the American Revolutionary War general and the first President of the United States, his wife Martha and 20 other Washington family members. The current estate—which is open to visitors—includes a mansion, gardens, tombs, a working farm, a functioning distillery and gristmill, plus a museum and education center. Mount Vernon is located in Mt. Vernon, Virginia, overlooking the Potomac River about eight miles south of Alexandria. It’s unclear who designed the original estate home on the site, but George Washington oversaw its many expansions and renovations until it became the iconic structure that still stands today. Mount Vernon was originally called Little Hunting Creek Plantation and was owned by John Washington. John eventually passed the estate to his son Lawrence who then passed it to his daughter Mildred. In 1726, Mildred’s brother Augustine, George Washington’s father, purchased the estate and built the main part of the plantation house—an ordinary, one-and-a-half-story structure. Augustine passed the estate to his eldest son Lawrence, George’s elder half-brother, in 1740. Lawrence renamed it Mount Vernon after the famed English naval officer Admiral Edward Vernon. George Washington inherited Mount Vernon only after the deaths of his brother Lawrence and Lawrence’s two heirs. Lawrence died in 1752, followed by his daughter, Sarah, in 1754 and Lawrence’s widow, Ann, in 1761. George Washington lived for much of his childhood at Mount Vernon with his half-brother Lawrence, learning the ins and outs of planting and how to be a cultured member of society. In 1753, he began what would become an illustrious military career. Washington didn’t make Mount Vernon his home until 1759 after he married the widow and mother of two, Martha Dandridge Custis, the future Martha Washington and first “First Lady” of the United States. At the time, Lawrence’s widow, Ann Fairfax Washington, still owned Mount Vernon, so George Washington leased the estate from her until he inherited it in 1761. Over the next four decades, Washington renovated Mount Vernon’s main house into a two-and-a-half story, 11,028-square-foot stately home with twenty-one rooms. He oversaw almost every detail, always making sure the estate reflected his distinguished status, even as he served in the Revolutionary War and as president of the United States. The walls of the mansion are made of wood, although they look like stone. To achieve the look, Washington used rustication, a technique where wood boards are cut and beveled to look like stone blocks and then sanded and painted while wet to provide a stone-like texture. The information on Mt Vernon came from and article by History.com. Please view photos for condition. The stereoview appears to be in very good condition as photos show. For an 1870/1880’s period the stereoview contrast is very good as photos will show. No chips or cracks present as photos will also show. Very light corner ware from normal usage over the the past 140 or so years. Note contrast variation between the two photos as my photos will show. I will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $3.45. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $3.45, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge. I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $12.47 and will combine ship.

Price: 24.95 USD

Location: Gorham, Maine

End Time: 2025-01-10T21:14:11.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.45 USD