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Oval lithograph portrait of George Washington in period dress – Antique Photo Print

Oval lithograph portrait of George Washington in period dress — antique lithograph
Oval lithograph portrait of George Washington in period dress. Antique lithograph from the Washington collection.

(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: Oval lithograph portrait of George Washington in period dress, preserved in this antique lithograph. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Oval lithograph portrait of George Washington in period dress

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An oval lithograph of George Washington in period dress presents him in the manner of the early republic, when printed portraits of the first president circulated widely in homes, taverns and schoolrooms. Washington's image was reproduced endlessly after the Revolution, and the oval frame, a format long favored for engraved and lithographed likenesses, gave the portrait a formal, almost medallion-like dignity. Prints like this one helped turn a living general and statesman into a national symbol, and their repeated copying shows how much Americans wanted a shared face for the new nation. The period dress itself, with its tailored coat and powdered style of the eighteenth century, reminds viewers that the image looks back to the Revolutionary generation.

Original scan5,944 × 7,632 px · prints to 20 × 25 in at 300 dpi
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