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Life and Battles of General George Washington – Antique Print

Life and Battles of General George Washington — historic image
Life and Battles of General George Washington. Historic image from the Washington collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Step back in time with Life and Battles of General George Washington, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable 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 and Battles of General George Washington

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Framed as a full life story, this print presents George Washington as both battlefield commander and national founder, a pairing that was common in popular American biographies of the nineteenth century. Such works used engravings and lithographs to make the Revolutionary War feel vivid to readers who had never seen a battlefield. Washington's campaigns, from the defense of New York in 1776 to the siege of Yorktown in 1781, supplied the dramatic core of these narratives. Images like this one helped shape how later generations pictured the first commander in chief.

Original scan8,966 × 7,313 px · prints to 30 × 24 in at 300 dpi
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