File:George Washington mourning tableau 1800.jpg

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Artist
Pember & Luzarder
Description
  • Title: George Washington lived respected and fear'd - died lamented and rever'd
  • Date Created/Published: Philadelphia : Published by Pember & Luzarder, 1800]
  • Medium: 1 print : etching and engraving, hand-colored.
  • Summary: George Washington, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, atop a funeral urn which stands on pedestal before an obelisk, the pedestal is inscribed "Born Febr. 11th 1732 U.S. Died Decemr. 14th 1799"; Columbia stands before a palm tree on the left, lamenting, and Justice stands before a palm tree on the right, directing an angel, "Fame", blowing her trumpet, to spread the news of Washington's death.
  • Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-8387 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-127910 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
  • Call Number: PGA - Pember--George Washington ... (A size) [P&P]
  • Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
  • Notes:
    • With four lines of verse:
      Columbia lamenting the loss of her son /
      Who redeem'd her from slavery & liberty won /
      While fame is directed by Justice to spread /
      The sad tidings afar that Washington's dead.
    • Hart, no. 644
  • Subjects:
    • Washington, George,--1732-1799--Death & burial.
    • Columbia (Symbolic character)--1800.
    • Urns--1800.
    • Palms--1800.
    • Obelisks--1800.
  • Format:
    • Intaglio prints--Hand-colored--1800.
    • Memorial works--1800.
    • Portrait prints--1800.
  • Collections:
    • Popular Graphic Arts
Date 1800
date QS:P571,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98516033/

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