First Blow for Liberty.

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• ARTIST: F. O. C. Darley

• PUBLISHER: Published by Wells & Hope Co. 918-20-22 Vine St. Phila. PA.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph printed in color and finished by hand,

  DATE: c.1880.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 5 x 7 1/2" (12.1 x 19 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: A 19th-century perspective of "First Blow for Liberty," captured as a lithograph printed in color and finished by hand. "Compliments of 'Domestic' Sewing Machine Co." This advertisement features a perspective of "First Blow for Liberty," a tribute to the Patriots of 1775. The image, originally engraved by A. H. Ritchie after a painting by Darley, depicts the minute-men at the Battle of Lexington. the firm for which this imaghe was produced was originally founded in 1861 under the name William A. Mack & Co., it morphed into the Domestic Sewing Machine Co. in 1869. Their 'Domestic' brand sewing machine was popular during its time, enough so that in 1924 it was purchased and made a subsidiary of the White Sewing Machine Company. They continued to manufacture 'Domestic' sewing machines until the 1930s when the Great Depression took its toll.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition, save a 3/8" tear into the image in upper.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Historical , Revolutionary War