Inauguration of Washington – Vintage Print
![Inauguration of Washington, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8d/8ded4f8ee9b9-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.)
Description
A window into the past: Inauguration of Washington, preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Inauguration of Washington
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Few moments in the young republic's history have been pictured as often as George Washington's inauguration as the first president of the United States. The ceremony took place on April 30, 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, where Chancellor Robert Livingston administered the oath of office to Washington before a crowd gathered below. Printmakers in the following decades returned to the scene again and again, often turning it into a patriotic tableau of the nation's founding. The shelflist card for this print gives no date, so its exact origin is uncertain, but its subject ties it directly to that foundational day.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Inauguration. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,103 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114230 |
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