Washington, appointed Commander in Chief – 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 antique lithograph of Washington, appointed Commander in Chief. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Washington, appointed Commander in Chief
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This print shows Washington at the moment he was named commander in chief, a choice the Continental Congress made in Philadelphia in June 1775, when the colonies were already at war with Britain. Congress picked him in part because he was a Virginian, which helped bind the southern colonies to the cause, and he accepted the post while declining a salary. Currier & Ives issued this hand-colored lithograph around 1876, the centennial of the Revolution, when the firm's publications often celebrated national heroes for a popular audience. The print is recorded in Gale Research's 1983 catalog raisonné of Currier & Ives work.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7047 |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Military service. United States.--Continental Congress--People. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,154 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109743 |
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