Arms of the United States of America / J.E. Baker [Joseph E. Baker]. – Vintage Wall Art
![Arms of the United States of America / J.E. Baker [Joseph E. Baker]., [Boston] : Issued from Bufford's Print Publishing House, 313 Washington St., Boston, c1864. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a4e9c2ab58a2-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.)
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Arms of the United States of America / J.E. Baker [Joseph E. Baker].
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Rather than a scene, this lithograph presents the national coat of arms in full color, with the shield, eagle, and motto rendered as a heraldic emblem. Joseph E. Baker drew the design, and the Boston firm of Bufford's, a busy commercial lithography house on Washington Street, issued it around 1864, in the middle of the Civil War. Patriotic emblems like this were popular in wartime, when many households and public buildings displayed symbols of the Union. The print's listing as an allegorical work reflects that tradition of using emblems to express national unity.
| Created / published | [Boston] : Issued from Bufford's Print Publishing House, 313 Washington St., Boston, c1864. |
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| Medium | 1 print on wove paper : lithograph printed in colors ; image 48 x 33.5 cm. |
| Genre | Allegorical prints 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Entered ... 1864 by J.M. Bufford ... Mass. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-9. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,364 × 1,686 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172750 |
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