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.
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