Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, USA Product:Canvas including a milkmaid and two

including a milkmaid and two chairmen carrying a sedan chair

Sir Henry Edmund Knight

It was through Field's (1819-1892) suggestion and financial aid that the first Atlantic cable was laid

An illustration from A Short History of the English People

a style that combines elements of Indian and Persian architectures

Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, USA Product:Canvas including a milkmaid and twoMount Vernon, near Alexandria, Virginia, USA, c18th century (1921). Mount Vernon was the plantation home of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Plate taken from Famous Colonial Houses, by Paul M Hollister, published by David McKay (Philadelphia, 1921).