Washington – Vintage Wall Art
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Description
This rare antique engraving captures Washington in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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This engraving reproduces a painting by Thomas Hicks, a Pennsylvania-born artist best known for portraits and historical subjects, and it was cut by the engraver H. Wright Smith for printed circulation. Engravings like this carried painted scenes into parlors and schoolrooms in the decades before photographic reproduction became common, so the image reached viewers who would never see the original canvas. Its placement under family life suggests the scene presents Washington in a domestic rather than military setting, a choice that fit mid-19th-century taste for portraying the nation's founder as a devoted private man. The print's date of about the 1850s places it in a period when Washington's image was often invoked to express shared national values.
| Created / published | c. 1850s |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print, engraving |
| Notes | Painted by Thomas Hicks. Engraved by H. Wright Smith |
| Original scan | 2,916 × 4,085 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 03318u |
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