A new display of the United States – Antique Print
![A new display of the United States, [New Ha]ven : Printed & sold wholesale by Amos Doolittle, August 14' 1799. — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d4cbe797be3-L.webp)
(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 antique engraving of A new display of the United States. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A new display of the United States
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Washington and John Adams are both named as subjects of this engraving, which was printed and sold in New Haven, Connecticut, in August 1799 by Amos Doolittle. Doolittle was a New Haven engraver best known for his views of the battles of Lexington and Concord. By 1799 Washington had retired to Mount Vernon, and Adams was serving as president, so the sheet shows the young republic's first and second presidents as living public figures. Its title, *A New Display of the United States*, reflects the period's taste for printed pictures of national life.
| Created / published | [New Ha]ven : Printed & sold wholesale by Amos Doolittle, August 14' 1799. |
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| Medium | 1 print on laid paper: engraving ; sheet 56 x 42.5 cm. |
| Genre | D.C. |
| Notes | Trimmed to within platemark at bottom and sides. DLC Title from item. Wick, pp. 35-37 Antiques, February 1922 Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1799-1. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 65. Exhibited in: Creating the U.S." Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799. Adams, John,--1735-1826. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 8,039 × 10,342 px · prints to 27 × 34 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif15716_AnewdisplayoftheUnitedStates |
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