Washington: first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen – Antique Wall Art
![Washington: first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, New York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0e/0ed89d61522d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Washington: first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The caption borrows a line from Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, who used the phrase in 1799 when he paid tribute to George Washington before Congress after his death. It became one of the most quoted descriptions of the first president. Nathaniel Currier published this hand-colored lithograph in New York sometime between 1835 and 1856, a period when Washington had grown into a popular national symbol and printmakers produced many images of him for ordinary households. Its Revolutionary War subject fits the firm's wider run of patriotic scenes, and the motto itself shows how the nation was already framing Washington's legacy in the decades after his death.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1860. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7038 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,216 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175246 |
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