Life of George Washington: The Citizen – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Life of George Washington: The Citizen. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Life of George Washington: The Citizen
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Rather than the battlefield or the presidency, this print, titled *The Citizen*, presents George Washington as a private man living a civic life, which sets it apart from the more familiar images of him on horseback or in uniform. Its title places it within a larger series of images tracing Washington's life, a form that was popular in the nineteenth century, when printmakers used such sequences to teach patriotic virtue to families. Scenes like this one shaped how Americans imagined the first president, emphasizing modesty, duty, and the ordinary responsibilities of a landowner and neighbor. Looking closely, viewers can see how a single figure was made to stand for national character.
| Original scan | 1,959 × 1,596 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02417u |
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