Gen. Washington's Carriage
date: label: Date made
content: 1872
label: Date made
content: After 1872-02-22
name: label: user
content: Washington, George
label: maker
content: Daniels, J.H.
notes: label: Description
content: A color print after a photograph of a four-horse carriage thought to have belonged to George Washington. Two men in high silk hats are pictured. One is in the driver’s seat and one is standing by the door. The background has several houses and a church. A crest labeled “Exitus Acta Probat” is in the lower margin. The image was taken of the carriage as it was used during a Washington birthday parade in 1872 by the United Order of American Mechanics of New York City as discussed n the inscription below the image. The carriage was created while Washington was president in Philadelphia and preserved by William Dunlap of Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: The lithograph was created by John H. Daniels (1828-1901) a printer, engraver, and lithographer from Boston. Daniels was noted for portaits, landscapes, and images of local events.
label: Description
content: It was published by A. O Crane & Co. of Boston.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Architecture
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1870-1879
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Carriages
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Horses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3641
label: catalog number
content: 60.3641
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 6 in x 10 in; 15.24 cm x 25.4 cm