Description

A rare large engraving of our First President George Washington. Washington died in 1799 and in 1899 there was quite a bit of remembrance and celebration of his passing. Unlike today he was still quite revered and admired as the Father of our Country. From the George Washington portrait known as “The Athenaeum” picture of the unfinished portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart. Engraved in 1899 by J.P. McCaskey Publisher Lancaster Pa. Archivaly conserved and framed.