Framed Thompson, Clerk of Congress, Announcing to Washington, Mount Vernon, His Election to the Presidency by Howard Pyle

Thompson, Clerk of Congress, Announcing to Washington, Mount Vernon, His Election to the Presidency by Howard Pyle depicts Charles Thomson, the Secretary (or Clerk) of the Continental Congress, traveling to Mount Vernon to inform George Washington of his unanimous election as the first President of the United States in 1789. The scene portrays Thomson arriving at Mount Vernon, Washington’s estate in Virginia, with Washington receiving the news in the dignified and historic setting.