George Washington – Historic Print
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Description
A window into the past: George Washington, preserved in this historic print. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
George Washington
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George Washington appears here in a c. 1876 print from Wittemann Bros., a New York lithography and printing firm that produced a great many patriotic and portrait images during the decades after the Civil War. The date places the piece in the year of the United States Centennial, when the country marked a hundred years since independence with exhibitions, parades, and a flood of commemorative pictures. Washington was the central figure of that revival of national feeling, and printmakers returned to his likeness again and again, often as a symbol of unity and the Revolution's founding ideals. Looking closely at the print reveals how such images were designed to be hung in homes and public halls as reminders of the nation's origins.
| Created / published | c. 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print |
| Notes | Wittemann Bros |
| Original scan | 3,047 × 4,077 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 03226u |
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