Prang Lithographic School Room Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
date: label: date made
content: 1901-1938
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Washington, George
label: maker
content: Taber-Prang Art Company
label: original artist
content: Stuart, Gilbert
notes: label: Description
content: This lithograph, copied from a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington, was commercially sold in school catalogs and for homes, libraries, and public buildings across America. Images of “the father of our country” became familiar instructional tools as well as a school decoration and patriotic imagery. The print was mass produced in 1901 by Taber Prang Art Company, founded by Louis Prang. Louis Prang also founded the Prang Educational Company to develop artistic abilities in school age children. The print continued to be reproduced by Prang until 1938.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Springfield
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3127.07
label: catalog number
content: 2014.3127.07
label: nonaccession number
content: 2014.3127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
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content: glass (frame material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: paper (print material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 cm x 42 cm x 2.2 cm; 19 11/16 in x 16 17/32 in x 7/8 in