The glorious Washington and Gates – Antique Wall Art
(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: The glorious Washington and Gates, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The glorious Washington and Gates
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Few Revolutionary-era woodcuts set two American commanders side by side as directly as this one, which ran on the cover of *Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack* for 1778. Printed in Danvers, Massachusetts, by E. Russell at his office in the former Bell Tavern, it pairs George Washington with Horatio Gates, the officer who received the British surrender at Saratoga in October 1777. The pairing reflects the moment, since Gates's victory had made him a popular hero and his standing relative to Washington was a live question in Congress and the army by early 1778. Almanac covers like this one were inexpensive and widely circulated, which made them an effective way for local printers to bring current figures before ordinary readers.
| Created / published | Danvers : Printed by E. Russell, at his Printing Office, late the Bell-Tavern, 1778. |
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| Medium | 1 print : woodcut. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1770-1780.Magazine covers 1770-1780.Portrait prints 1770-1780.Woodcuts 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, .... Boston : 1778, title page (cover). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 209. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799. Gates, Horatio,--1728-1806. Military officers--American--1770-1790. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,000 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-122486 |
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