Gen. Washington's Resignation – 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 historic print of Gen. Washington's Resignation. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Gen. Washington's Resignation
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Alexander Lawson, a Philadelphia engraver, cut this woodcut to illustrate a magazine of the period, and its allegorical staging sets it apart from straightforward portraits of Washington. The title points to the general's withdrawal from public life, a theme that fits 1797, when Washington left the presidency and returned to Mount Vernon after two terms. Philadelphia was the national capital then, so the city's printers were close to the events they depicted. The record's date and attributions are unverified, so the exact occasion the picture commemorates is worth checking against the magazine itself.
| Created / published | 1797 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut. |
| Notes | Woodcut by Alexander Lawson. Illus. in: Philadelphia Magazine... Jan. 1799. Reference copy may be in Pres. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; Pres.; Allegory. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 826 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147899 |
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