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The first meeting of Washington and Lafayette: Philadelphia, August 3rd 1777 – Antique Wall Art

The first meeting of Washington and Lafayette: Philadelphia, August 3rd 1777, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876. — antique lithograph
The first meeting of Washington and Lafayette: Philadelphia, August 3rd 1777, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876.. Antique lithograph from the Washington 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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Here Washington and Lafayette meet in Philadelphia on August 3, 1777, a few days after Congress had commissioned the young French nobleman as a major general. Lafayette was not yet twenty and had crossed the Atlantic at his own expense to offer his services to the American cause, so the meeting marked the start of one of the Revolution's most important alliances. Published by Currier & Ives around 1876, the print belongs to the Centennial era, when the firm produced many images that revisited the nation's founding events for a public eager to celebrate the anniversary.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1870-1880.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2141
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-174438

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