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Washington's inauguration at Philadelphia / J.L.G. Ferris. – Historic Reproduction

Washington's inauguration at Philadelphia / J.L.G. Ferris., Cleveland, Ohio : The Foundation Press, Inc., c1947 June 18. — historic print
Washington's inauguration at Philadelphia / J.L.G. Ferris., Cleveland, Ohio : The Foundation Press, Inc., c1947 June 18.. Historic print from the Philadelphia collection.

(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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Congress Hall in Philadelphia, then the seat of the federal government, is the setting for this scene of George Washington's second inauguration in 1793. J.L.G. Ferris painted the original, and this color halftone reproduces it as part of The Foundation Press's Pageant of a Nation series, issued in Cleveland around 1947. Because the library classes it as a conjectural work, the scene reflects how later artists imagined the event, not a record made on the day, so the carriages and crowds show the period's ideas about the occasion as much as its actual details.

Created / publishedCleveland, Ohio : The Foundation Press, Inc., c1947 June 18.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenreOil paintings Reproductions 1940-1950.Conjectural works 1940-1950.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1940-1950.
NotesH888 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Reproduction of oil painting from series: The Pageant of a Nation. No. 30. Copyright by The Foundation Press, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
SubjectsWashington, George,--1732-1799--Inauguration, 1793. Congress Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)--1790-1800. Arrivals & departures--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1790-1800. Carriages & coaches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1790-1800. Politics & government--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1790-1800.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,096 × 4,086 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225190

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