This etching is from "The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington", a portfolio of 20 original etchings of different phases of George’s life created in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. This is the first etching (1) in the portfolio. It is officially described as: A domestic scene in the Rappahannock homestead showing the widowed mother sewing in silence while George, age 12, studiously applies himself to self-education. Original artist engraving with artist signature and number. Framed in a unique dark brown-black transitional frame with filet. 25 x 21.