The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington

1932
Not on view
Title page: The Bicentennial Pageant, of George Washington, Issued in Cooperation with the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, and with its Approval. John Taylor Arms, Editor. Harry A. Ogden, Associate Editor. Twenty Original Etchings, Each Executed and Signed by a Distinguished American Artist, with a Essay on the National Hero by Dixon Ryan Fox, Columbia University. New York, The George Washington Memorial Association, Inc., MXCXXXII.

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  • Title: The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington
  • Editor: John Taylor Arms (American, Washington, D.C. 1887–1953 New York)
  • Editor: Henry Alexander Ogden (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1856–1936 Englewood, New Jersey)
  • Author: Essay by Dixon Ryan Fox (American, 1887–1945)
  • Author: Biographical sketches by Dorothy Noyes Arms (American, 1887–1955)
  • Publisher: The George Washington Memorial Association, Inc.
  • Artist: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission
  • Artist: Arthur William Heintzelman (American, Newark, New Jersey 1891–1965 Rockport, Massachusetts)
  • Artist: Robert Hogg Nisbet (American, Providence, Rhode Island 1879–1961)
  • Artist: Sears Gallagher (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1869–1955 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Artist: Earl Horter (American, Germantown, Pennsylvania 1880–1940 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Artist: William Auerbach-Levy (American (born Russia), Brest-Litovsk 1889–1964 Ossining, New York)
  • Artist: Ernest David Roth (American (born Germany), Stuttgart 1879–1964 Redding, Connecticut)
  • Artist: Eugene Higgins (American, Kansas City, Missouri 1874–1958 New York)
  • Artist: Ralph Ludwig Boyer (American, Camden, New Jersey 1879–1952 Norwalk, Connecticut)
  • Artist: Arthur Allen Lewis (American, Mobile, Alabama 1873–1957 Basking Ridge, New Jersey)
  • Artist: Levon West (American, Centerville, South Dakota 1900–1968 New York)
  • Artist: George Hand Wright (American, Fox Chase, Pennsylvania 1872–1951 Westport, Connecticut)
  • Artist: Kerr Eby (Canadian (born Japan), Tokyo 1889–1946 Norwalk, Connecticut)
  • Artist: F. Luis Mora (American (born Uruguay), Montevideo 1874–1940 New York)
  • Artist: Albert Sterner (American (born England), London 1863–1946 New York)
  • Artist: Samuel Chamberlain (American, Cresco, Iowa 1895–1975 Marblehead, Massachusetts)
  • Artist: Louis Conrad Rosenberg (American, Portland, Oregon 1890–1983 Oregon City, Oregon)
  • Artist: John W. Winkler (American (born Austria), Vienna 1890–1979 El Cerrito, California)
  • Artist: Robert Lawson (American, New York 1892–1957 Westport, Connecticut)
  • Artist: Walter Tittle (American, Springfield, Ohio 1883–1966 Pacific Grove, California)
  • Artist: Childe Hassam (American, Dorchester, Massachusetts 1859–1935 East Hampton, New York)
  • Printer: Eugène Delâtre (French, Paris 1864–1938 Paris)
  • Printer: Henry E. Carling (British, active second quarter 20th century)
  • Printer: Charles S. White (American, active 1931–55)
  • Printer: David Strang (British, 1887–1967)
  • Printer: Edmond Rigal (French, 1902–1996)
  • Printer: Charles Welch (active 1928–32)
  • Printer: John W. Winkler (American (born Austria), Vienna 1890–1979 El Cerrito, California)
  • Printer: Collins, Dear and Company, London
  • Printer: Peter J. Platt (American, 1859–1934)
  • Subject: George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
  • Date: 1932
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: 20 11/16 × 16 3/16 in. (52.6 × 41.1 cm)
    Sheets approx.: 14 3/4 × 19 1/2 in. (37.5 × 49.5 cm)
  • Classification: Portfolios
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.687(1–20)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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