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Publisher Currier & Ives American
Sitter George Washington American
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Scene from the American Revolution. George Washington at left on horseback salutes his troops at right.
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Title: Washington Taking Command of the American Army – At Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 3rd, 1775
Publisher:
Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
Sitter:
George Washington (American, 1732–1799)
Date: 1876
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions:
Image: 8 7/8 × 12 5/16 in. (22.5 × 31.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.4 × 40.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Object Number: 63.550.467
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