Engraved historical monument with Washington and early settlers – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Engraved historical monument with Washington and early settlers. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Engraved historical monument with Washington and early settlers
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An engraved monument pairing George Washington with early settlers places the Pilgrim story within a broader national narrative. Prints of this kind were popular in the nineteenth century, when engravers and illustrated periodicals presented the colonial past as a source of civic pride. Setting a Revolutionary leader beside the first New England settlers suggested a line of continuity from the seventeenth-century colonies to the young republic. Viewers today may notice how such engravings idealize their subjects, turning a hard frontier existence into a tidy scene of heroic founding.
| Original scan | 9,516 × 6,971 px · prints to 32 × 23 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 17 |
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