Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon Museum Exhibit Collection

Images of George Washington abound but the most faithful likeness remains a terra cotta bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor vi...

The most iconic likeness of George Washington is the bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor visited Mount Vernon in October 1785 ...

Images of George Washington abound but the most faithful likeness remains a terra cotta bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor vi...

Images of George Washington abound but the most faithful likeness remains a terra cotta bust created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The French sculptor vi...

This is an exact reproduction of George Washington's most famous set of china, produced and decorated in Canton in 1784. It was brought to America ...

This is an exact reproduction of George Washington's most famous set of China, produced and decorated in Canton in 1784. It was brought to America ...

This is an exact reproduction of George Washington's most famous set of china, produced and decorated in Canton in 1784. It was brought to America ...

This is an exact reproduction of George Washington's most famous set of china, produced and decorated in Canton in 1784. It was brought to America ...

The most important piece of fire-fighting equipment from the seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries was a leather fire bucket. Standard-size buc...

This extravagant design was originally made in China, probably for export to the Portuguese and Brazilian markets. Of all the 18th century dinnerwa...

This extravagant design was originally made in China, probably for export to the Portuguese and Brazilian markets.   Of all the 18th century dinner...

This extravagant design was originally made in China, probably for export to the Portuguese and Brazilian markets.   Of all the 18th century dinner...

Esteemed genre artist Eastman Johnson painted this image of Mount Vernon after his visit to the estate in 1857. The artist's vantage point at the n...

The front of these fold-over cards features a color photograph of George Washington's dove of peace weathervane, displayed on a red background for ...

These cufflinks are adaptations from English cufflinks, circa 1790, which were historically worn by George Washington. The original cufflinks are o...

Eighteenth-century gentlemen wore small swords as part of formal civilian attire for social and ceremonial occasions. George Washington owned sever...