Washington's reception by the ladies, on passing the bridge at Trenton, N.Y. April 1789, on his way to New York to be inaugurated first president of the United States – 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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Step back in time with Washington's reception by the ladies, on passing the bridge at Trenton, N.Y. April 1789, on his way to New York to be inaugurated first president of the United States, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. 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 reception by the ladies, on passing the bridge at Trenton, N.Y. April 1789, on his way to New York to be inaugurated first president of the United States
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Ladies of Trenton, dressed in white and gathered on the bridge over the Delaware, greet Washington as he passes through in April 1789 on his way to New York for his inauguration. This hand-colored lithograph, issued by Currier & Ives around 1845, draws on a well-known episode of his journey, when local women strewed flowers before him and an arch of greenery was raised over the crossing. The record places the scene at "Trenton, N.Y.," but the town is Trenton, New Jersey. The print reflects the mid-century appetite for patriotic scenes of the nation's founding.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1845. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7076. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Inauguration, 1789. Flags--American--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,233 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175255 |
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