General Harrison. The Washington of the West – Antique Print
(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 General Harrison. The Washington of the West, a historic print 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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General Harrison. The Washington of the West
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Titled "General Harrison, the Washington of the West," this lithograph casts William Henry Harrison as the frontier heir to George Washington, a comparison central to his 1840 presidential campaign. A former army general and governor of the Indiana Territory, Harrison had earned fame as the "hero of Tippecanoe," and Whig promoters leaned on that record of military service and western roots. The print was lithographed by T. Sinclair and published by J.F. Watson, who entered it for copyright in 1840. Harrison won the election but died in office about a month after his inauguration in 1841.
| Created / published | c1840 Feb. 15. |
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| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 34 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist and PAGA catalog cards. Entered 1840 & pub. by J.F. Watson. T. Sinclair's lith. Associated name on shelflist card: Sinclair, T. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109045 |
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