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Washington's Dream

  • ARTIST: Louis Maurer

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street. New York

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph, hand colored,

    DATE: 1857.

  • EDITION SIZE: Large folio - 21 x 15 3/4" (53.2 x 40 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: A scarce vertically-formatted print showing General George Washington sitting in a chair next to a table with a quill, papers, and a map. A campaign chest is behind him. He is depicted napping and dreaming with allegorical images of justice, commerce, and liberty. floating above,

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Overall good condition and color. 2+ inch margins.

  • REFERENCE: Conningham #6548