Life Of George Washington - The Farmer – Antique Wall Art
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Description
A window into the past: Life Of George Washington - The Farmer, preserved in this antique lithograph. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Life Of George Washington - The Farmer
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Here Washington appears not as a general or president but as a working farmer, the role he returned to at Mount Vernon after the Revolution and kept through his later years. He was known for experimenting with crop rotation, improved plowing, and livestock breeding, and he kept detailed records of his fields. Nineteenth-century printmakers often used such rural scenes to present him as a plain, virtuous citizen whose modesty offered a model for the young republic. The subject suits a Thanksgiving display, since Washington proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving in 1789, and the harvest theme links the holiday to the land.
| Created / published | c. 1853 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, lithograph, color |
| Notes | Painted by Junius Brutus Stearns. Lithography by Régnier. Imprinted by Lemercier, Paris |
| Original scan | 3,896 × 3,000 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 02419u |
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