Washington's dream – Historic 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.)
Description
This antique lithograph of Washington's dream brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington's dream
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Here the subject is a dream rather than a battle or a formal portrait. The title places George Washington in a vision, a device that let printmakers picture the nation's future through the eyes of its founder. The lithograph was issued by Currier & Ives, the New York firm that produced inexpensive pictures for household walls, and it bears the signature of Louis Maurer, one of the firm's most prolific artists. Prints like this drew on Washington's standing as the Father of His Country at a time when sectional tensions were growing, so an image of a unified future would have carried more weight than a simple tribute.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1857. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7070 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117436 |
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