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Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon, by Junius Brutus Stearns

Subject
Art Exhibitions
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon, by Junius Brutus Stearns, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon, by Junius Brutus Stearns, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VA, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

Color reproduction of a painting showing a wheat harvest on a plantation. In the foreground, a man in colonial dress stands with a rake beside a worker, while behind them enslaved laborers and children gather and load wheat onto a horse-drawn wagon. A large tree frames the right side.

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PublisherDexter Press
"Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon" by JUNIUS BRUTUS STEARNS (1810-1885) Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Dextone Made Direct from Kodachrome and Anso Color By Dexter Press, Pearl River, N. Y. POST CARD Address PLACE STAMP HERE 59040
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Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place mentionedVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Place mentionedMount Vernon, VA
PublisherPearl River, NY
NotesRounded corners; white border; color lithograph reproduction of a painting; no printed text on front. No postmark and no stamp present. Divided-back chrome-era card (Dextone/Kodachrome process), glossy surface with white border. Dealer pencil mark "#59 1-" in lower right; printed card number 59040. No handwritten address or message.

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Washington as a Farmer at Mount Vernon, by Junius Brutus Stearns, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/washington-as-a-farmer-at-mount-vernon-by-junius-brutus-stea. Accessed October 5, 2026.