Washington – Historic Print
![Washington, New York : Published by N. Currier, [between 1835 and 1856] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1a/1aa166b886cb-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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A window into the past: Washington, preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Titled simply *Washington*, this hand-colored lithograph is one of the many portraits of George Washington that Nathaniel Currier issued from his New York shop, which the record dates to between 1835 and 1856. Prints like this were made for ordinary households, where a likeness of the general who led the Continental Army and later the first president could hang beside family portraits at a modest price. By the mid-nineteenth century Washington had become a nearly sacred figure in American life, so his image was among the most reliable sellers in the trade. Because the color was applied by hand, often by workers on a production line, surviving copies vary somewhat in tint.
| 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. 7029 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,248 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175240 |
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