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[Great Seal of the United States] / Andrew B. Graham, litho., Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

[Great Seal of the United States] / Andrew B. Graham, litho., Washington, D.C., [between 1850 and 1910] — antique lithograph
[Great Seal of the United States] / Andrew B. Graham, litho., Washington, D.C., [between 1850 and 1910]. Antique lithograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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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[Great Seal of the United States] / Andrew B. Graham, litho., Washington, D.C. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Great Seal of the United States] / Andrew B. Graham, litho., Washington, D.C.

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The Great Seal of the United States appears here as a color lithograph credited to Andrew B. Graham, a printer working in Washington, D.C., so the image comes from the same city where the seal was used for federal business. The seal's obverse shows a bald eagle holding an olive branch and arrows, with a shield on its breast, a design Congress settled on in 1782 after years of revision. Printed versions of the seal were common in the later 1800s, when they often hung in government offices, schools, and patriotic displays. The ribbon in the eagle's beak carries the motto E Pluribus Unum, "Out of many, one.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1910]
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreLithographs Color 1850-1910.
SubjectsNational emblems--United States--1850-1910. Eagles--1850-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,265 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109104

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