[Jefferson's design of the Seal of the United States of America - obverse and reverse] – Historic Reproduction
![[Jefferson's design of the Seal of the United States of America - obverse and reverse] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/78/78bc61b8e532-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 [Jefferson's design of the Seal of the United States of America - obverse and reverse], an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Jefferson's design of the Seal of the United States of America - obverse and reverse]
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The print shows Thomas Jefferson's 1776 proposal for the Great Seal of the United States, with both faces of the design laid out side by side. His obverse drew on the Anglo-Saxon chiefs Hengist and Horsa, and his reverse showed the Israelites led through the Red Sea, ideas meant to cast the new nation as a free people escaping tyranny. Congress did not adopt his design, and the seal was finished in 1782 in a different form. An 1856 engraving revisiting his scheme shows how strongly later Americans associated Jefferson with the nation's founding symbols.
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1856 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,215 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135923 |
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