Antique Photo Print - New York City - Pulling down the statue, 1776 – Historic Photograph Print
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Antique Photo Print - New York City - Pulling down the statue, 1776 comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Antique Photo Print - New York City - Pulling down the statue, 1776
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This print shows the toppling of the equestrian statue of King George III at Bowling Green in New York City on July 9, 1776, the same day the Declaration of Independence was read to Washington's troops. The gilded lead statue, raised in 1770, was pulled down by a crowd and later melted into musket balls, a fitting end for a symbol of royal authority. Photography did not exist in 1776, so this is a later rendering of the event, and it is worth noticing how it reflects the way nineteenth-century artists remembered the Revolution.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,131 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109830 |
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