Washington's entry into New York: on the evacuation of the city by the British, Nov. 25th. 1783 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 antique lithograph of Washington's entry into New York: on the evacuation of the city by the British, Nov. 25th. 1783. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Washington's entry into New York: on the evacuation of the city by the British, Nov. 25th. 1783
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This hand-colored lithograph commemorates the day, November 25, 1783, when American troops under George Washington entered New York City as the last British forces withdrew after the Revolutionary War. Washington's return to the city marked the end of seven years of British occupation, which had begun in 1776. Currier & Ives issued the print around 1857, more than seventy years after the event, when such scenes of the nation's founding were popular with American buyers. The print shows the event as a patriotic memory, and it reflects how Americans of the mid-nineteenth century wanted to picture Washington.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1857. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Reference copy in the Presidential file. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7071. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Military service. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,956 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175395 |
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