Celebration of Washington's Birthday at Washington City; Inauguration of Clark Mills' Statue of the Father of his Country – Historic Reproduction
![Celebration of Washington's Birthday at Washington City; Inauguration of Clark Mills' Statue of the Father of his Country, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/20/20785452b197-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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This rare antique engraving captures Celebration of Washington's Birthday at Washington City; Inauguration of Clark Mills' Statue of the Father of his Country in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few pictures on this board capture a dedication quite like this one, a wood engraving of the unveiling of Clark Mills' equestrian statue of George Washington in Lafayette Square, across from the White House. The ceremony took place on Washington's birthday in 1860, and the *New York Illustrated News* gave it a two-page spread on pages 248 and 249. Mills, a Charleston-born sculptor, had worked on the commission for years, and his bronze rider on a rearing horse was one of the earliest equestrian statues cast in the United States.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Wood engraving in The New York Illustrated News, pages 248 & 249. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sculpture--Mills; Pres. I.; DC, Wash.--Statues; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,034 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133015 |
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