Gen. George Washington the father of his country. – Antique Wall Art
![Gen. George Washington the father of his country., New York : Published by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St., [between 1835 and 1856] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/24/24cba6d671c2-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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Step back in time with Gen. George Washington the father of his country., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few American figures were more often reproduced in the nineteenth century than George Washington, and this hand-colored lithograph carries the nickname that clung to him, "the father of his country." Nathaniel Currier issued it from his shop at 2 Spruce Street in New York, where his firm produced inexpensive pictures for a wide public before his later partnership with James Merritt Ives. Dated between 1835 and 1856, the sheet shows how Washington's likeness served as a shared civic emblem, hung in homes and schools as a reminder of the founding generation. Hand coloring makes each surviving impression a little different in tone.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St., [between 1835 and 1856] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1830-1860. |
| Notes | No. 60. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2481(A) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,095 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174530 |
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