Grand centennial wedding: of Uncle Sam and Liberty – Historic Reproduction
(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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This antique lithograph of Grand centennial wedding: of Uncle Sam and Liberty brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Grand centennial wedding: of Uncle Sam and Liberty
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The particular feature of this print is its marriage allegory: Uncle Sam, the familiar personification of the United States, is shown taking Liberty as his bride in a centennial celebration of the nation's founding. Published in New York by Currier & Ives around 1876, the year of the Declaration of Independence's hundredth anniversary, it belongs to the firm's popular lithographs that turned current events and patriotic themes into affordable images for a broad public. The centennial that year drew attention to the Philadelphia exposition and to national self-image, and prints like this one used familiar symbols to make that moment personal and festive.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2689 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,481 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125896 |
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