A watercolour depicting the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, visiting the tomb of George Washington in the company of President Buchanan.

George Henry Andrews worked for the Illustrated London News between 1856 and 1860, and in May and June of 1860 was sent to Canada to make a series of watercolours to be reproduced as illustrations to that periodical's coverage of the Prince of Wales's tour to Canada and the United States. Andrews then accompanied the royal party on their tour, made between July and October of 1860, as the representative of the Illustrated London News and made many sketches on the spot, as is likely the case with this watercolour.

The Prince of Wales visited George Washington's tomb on 5 October 1860, and the President's house at the same location (Mount Vernon) on 6 October, an occasion which was again documented by Andrews (see RCIN 920990). The American artist Thomas Pritchard Rossiter, who in the years immediately preceding 1860 had painted a series of large historical works concerning the life of Washington, also produced a large oil painting showing the Prince of Wales and President at Washington's tomb for which the Prince sat. Rossiter's painting is now in the Smithsonian Museum.

Along with other works by Andrews documenting the Prince's tour, this watercolour was originally mounted in a volume in the Royal Library before being incorporated into the newly-created Souvenir Album XI in the late 1920s.