Title: The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States, April 30th 1789 – At the Old City Hall, New York – The oath of office was administered by Chancellor Livingston of the State of New York – Mr. Otis the Secretary of the Senate holding up the Bible on a crimson cushion
Object type: Print
Date: 1876
Artist:  Currier & Ives 
Artist bio: American, active New York, 1857–1907
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Publisher
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: Image: 8 15/16 × 12 1/2 in. (22.7 × 31.7 cm)
Image and text: 10 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (26 × 31.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 17 11/16 in. (34.3 × 44.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: George Washington, term: Men