Washington, Appointed Commander In Chief – 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Washington, Appointed Commander In Chief. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Washington, Appointed Commander In Chief
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Here Washington is shown at the moment of his appointment as commander in chief, the post Congress gave him in June 1775 in Philadelphia, where he had come as a Virginia delegate. Congress chose him to lead the newly formed Continental Army, and he accepted the command while declining a salary. The lithograph was published by Currier & Ives in New York around 1876, the nation's centennial year, when printmakers produced many scenes celebrating the Revolution. Its hand coloring was typical of the firm's popular output, which brought stories of the founders to a broad middle-class audience.
| Created / published | c. 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print, lithograph, hand-colored |
| Notes | Published by Currier & Ives, New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,867 × 1,500 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175247 |
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