General Washington at Christ Church, Easter Sunday, 1795 / J.L.G. Ferris. – 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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A window into the past: General Washington at Christ Church, Easter Sunday, 1795 / J.L.G. Ferris., 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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General Washington at Christ Church, Easter Sunday, 1795 / J.L.G. Ferris.
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Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, provides the setting for this scene of Easter Sunday in 1795, when George Washington was serving as president and still attended the church where he had long held a pew. Joseph Leon Gerome Ferris, a painter known for romanticized scenes of the nation's past, imagined the moment with townspeople in period dress, carriages, and children. The print was issued around 1908 by Brown & Bigelow, a St. Paul firm that made color halftone prints for calendars and advertising. It reflects the early twentieth century's taste for a reverent, comfortable image of Washington more than a documented record of that morning.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | T73534 U.S. Copyright Office. MY6093. Copyright by Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, U.S.A. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Social life. Christ Church, Alexandria--People--1790-1800. Carriages & coaches--Virginia--Alexandria--1790-1800. Children--Virginia--Alexandria--1790-1800. Churches--Virginia--Alexandria--1790-1800. Clothing & dress--Virginia--Alexandria--1790-1800. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,165 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117223 |
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