Martha Washington / published by L. Prang. – 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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This antique lithograph of Martha Washington / published by L. Prang. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Martha Washington / published by L. Prang.
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Louis Prang, a German-born printmaker working in Boston, issued this lithographic portrait of Martha Washington around 1864, during the Civil War years when Americans were eager for images of the nation's founding figures. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (1731-1802) was a widow with two children when she married George Washington in 1759, and she became the first First Lady after he took office in 1789. Prang's firm produced many such portraits for home display and schoolrooms, so the print reflects a popular taste for domestic, respectable images of the Revolutionary generation. Its placement on the board under family life fits its focus on Martha as wife and mother rather than as a public figure.
| Created / published | Boston : published by L. Prang & Co., c1864. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1860-1870.Lithographs 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Washington, Martha,--1731-1802. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,209 × 3,923 px · prints to 11 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110171 |
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