Honor to Washington. A national ode – Antique 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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Step back in time with Honor to Washington. A national ode, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Edward Everett, the Massachusetts orator and statesman, is the name the subject index gives first for this 1859 sheet music cover, which carries the title *Honor to Washington: A National Ode*. Published in Boston by Oliver Ditson & Co. and lithographed in color by John H. Bufford, the piece ties Washington to the Declaration of Independence, liberty and peace, the themes the catalogers also list. Everett spent much of the 1850s lecturing on Washington and raising money to save Mount Vernon, so the cover reflects the broader memorial movement of that decade.
| Created / published | Boston : Published by Oliver Ditson & Co., 1859. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph printed in colors, on wove paper ; 35.6 x 24.8 |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860.Sheet music covers 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Boston. Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington St. Entd . . . 1859 by O. Ditson & Co. Mass. John H. Bufford's Lith. The Library's copy of the work was deposited for copyright on October 4, 1859. Title appears as it is written on the item. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1859-3. |
| Subjects | Everett, Edward,--1794-1865. United States. Declaration of Independence--1850-1860. Liberty--1850-1860. Peace--1850-1860. Boston (Mass.)--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,139 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113864 |
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