Washington's Reception By The Ladies, On Passing The Bridge At Trenton, N.J., April, 1789 On His Way To Be Inaugurated First President Of The United States – Antique Print
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This rare historic image captures Washington's Reception By The Ladies, On Passing The Bridge At Trenton, N.J., April, 1789 On His Way To Be Inaugurated First President Of The United States in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Washington's Reception By The Ladies, On Passing The Bridge At Trenton, N.J., April, 1789 On His Way To Be Inaugurated First President Of The United States
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This print depicts the moment at Trenton, New Jersey, in April 1789 when Washington crossed the bridge over Assunpink Creek on his way to New York for his inauguration. Young women greeted him there with flowers and song beneath a triumphal arch decorated with laurel, a welcome that became one of the best-known episodes of his journey. N. Currier issued the lithograph in New York around 1845, when patriotic scenes like this one were popular with a public eager for stories of the nation's founding. Its sentimental staging shows how Americans of that era preferred to remember Washington: as a gracious leader honored with public affection.
| Created / published | c. 1845 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Publisher by N. Currier, New York |
| Original scan | 1,083 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175255 |
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