Death of Washington Dec. 14. AD. 1799 – Antique Print
![Death of Washington Dec. 14. AD. 1799, [New York] : N. Currier, 1841. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6e/6edfb3ec20df-L.webp)
(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 Death of Washington Dec. 14. AD. 1799, 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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Death of Washington Dec. 14. AD. 1799
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Few American deaths were mourned as widely as George Washington's, which came at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia on December 14, 1799, after a short illness that followed a ride in cold, wet weather. Nathaniel Currier published this lithograph in New York in 1841, more than four decades after the death, when Washington had become a fixed symbol of the Revolution. Currier, who later partnered with James Merritt Ives, produced many sentimental and patriotic images for a mass market, and prints like this one helped keep Washington's memory in ordinary homes.
| Created / published | [New York] : N. Currier, 1841. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1648. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,210 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174357 |
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