A display of the United States of America / Amos Doolittle. – Historic Reproduction
(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 engraving of A display of the United States of America / Amos Doolittle. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A display of the United States of America / Amos Doolittle.
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Where many prints of the 1790s show Washington alone, this one surrounds his portrait with the seals of the states. Amos Doolittle, a New Haven engraver, printed and sold it himself in March 1794, and the hand coloring gives the seals their distinct tones. The image belongs to a wave of patriotic prints from the early republic, when Americans were still working out what a union of separate states would look like, and Washington, then in his second term as president, served as the figure who held it together.
| Created / published | New Haven : Printed & Sold by A. Doolittle, 1794 Marh. 1st. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1790-1800.Engravings Hand-colored 1790-1800. |
| Notes | (DLC/PP-1996:086). Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 1999. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799. State seals--1790-1800. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,592 × 3,179 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220276 |
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