Martha Dandridge Washington, the First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is depicted celebrating Christmas by singing carols. Carrying a festive holiday wreath adorned with oranges, she wears a colorful red shawl over her blue lace-trimmed gown. The first First Lady of the United States, Martha Washington joined her husband President George Washington in the temporary presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia before the White House was erected in the newly created City of Washington.
