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Life of George Washington--The soldier / lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris. – Historic Reproduction

Life of George Washington--The soldier / lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris., Paris : Lemercier, [c1854] — antique lithograph
Life of George Washington--The soldier / lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris., Paris : Lemercier, [c1854]. Antique lithograph from the Presidents 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Life of George Washington--The soldier / lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Life of George Washington--The soldier / lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris.

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The scene shows the Battle of the Monongahela, fought in July 1755 near present-day Pittsburgh, where a British column under General Edward Braddock was ambushed by French forces and their Native allies. Washington, then a young colonel serving as an aide to Braddock, rode through the fire carrying orders, and he later wrote of having had several horses shot from under him and his coat pierced by balls. This Paris color lithograph, printed by the Lemercier firm around 1854, reproduces a painting by Stearns and reflects the mid-19th-century taste for heroic scenes of Washington's early military career.

Created / publishedParis : Lemercier, [c1854]
GenreLithographs Color 1850-1860.
NotesReproduction of a painting by Stearns.
SubjectsWashington, George,--1732-1799--Military service. Monongahela, Battle of the, Pa., 1755. Campaigns & battles--Pennsylvania--1750-1760.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,018 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110190

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