Washington and his generals, drawn and engraved by A.H. Ritchie – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Washington and his generals, drawn and engraved by A.H. Ritchie. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Washington and his generals, drawn and engraved by A.H. Ritchie
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A key print like this one is built around a key, the legend that identifies each figure by number or letter so viewers can read the group portrait. Here the sitters are George Washington and the officers who served under him during the Revolutionary War, shown together as a single composed group. The engraving by A.H. Ritchie dates to around 1870, when American printmakers were producing many such pictorial tributes to the Revolution, timed to the centennial mood of the era. Such keys let a viewer place each general by name, turning the sheet into a small lesson in who led the Continental Army.
| Created / published | ca. 1870. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Genre | Keys (Legends) 1860-1880.Prints 1860-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Reference copy in Presidential File. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Military service. Generals--American--1770-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Military personnel. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,200 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128432 |
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