Drawing Room at Harewood Mansion near Charles Town, W. Va.

Identifier:

006592

Title:

Drawing Room at Harewood Mansion near Charles Town, W. Va.

Description:

'The handsome porphyry mantel was a present sent to General George Washington by General Lafayette from France. The portrait over the mantelpiece is that of Colonel Samuel Washington. In this drawing room in 1794 Dolly Payne Todd became the wife of James Madison, later President of the United States.'

Subjects:

Mansions--West Virginia--Jefferson County., Mantels., Counties--Jefferson.

Personal Names:

Washington, Samuel, 1734-1781--Homes and haunts., Washington, Samuel, 1734-1781--Portraits.

Geographic:

Harewood (Jefferson County, W. Va.)

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView