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Rules of Engagement: view of George Washington's Mount Vernon
- Artist
- Phillip Haas
- Date of Work
- between 1837 and 1845
- Medium
- print, lithograph
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Rules of Engagement: view of George Washington's Mount Vernon
N.W. view of the mansion of George Washington, Mount Vernon.
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