Life of George WASHINGTON - Soldier 1853 Stearns
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Artist:Regnier
Title:Life of George Washington - The Soldier, Printmaker: Regnier, Pub: M. Knoedler, Date: C.1853, Medium: Lithograph printed in color with additional hand coloring
Date:circa 1853
Medium:Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions:18 x 23 1/2 inches (sight size)
Description:Washington has two horses shot from under him during a battle in which British Gen. Edward Braddock is killed and the British are routed.
“I escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me,†Washington writes his mother. A minister suggests that Providence had preserved Washington “in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.†At age 23, he becomes commander of all the Virginia troops.
Provenance: Pub: M. Knoedler
Frame Type:gilded wood frame
Frame Size:21.75 x 28 inches
Title:Life of George Washington - The Soldier, Printmaker: Regnier, Pub: M. Knoedler, Date: C.1853, Medium: Lithograph printed in color with additional hand coloring
Date:circa 1853
Medium:Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions:18 x 23 1/2 inches (sight size)
Description:Washington has two horses shot from under him during a battle in which British Gen. Edward Braddock is killed and the British are routed.
“I escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me,†Washington writes his mother. A minister suggests that Providence had preserved Washington “in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.†At age 23, he becomes commander of all the Virginia troops.
Provenance: Pub: M. Knoedler
Frame Type:gilded wood frame
Frame Size:21.75 x 28 inches
Condition
in seemingly good condition with mat covering areas on the margins likely hiding some issues
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Life of George WASHINGTON - Soldier 1853 Stearns
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