The retreat from Long Island [engraving]

The retreat from Long Island [engraving]

New York George Washington Memorial Assoc., Inc. 1932

1 print ; on sheet 50 x 37 cm. mounted on mat board.
1 print ; on sheet 49 x 36 cm.

P&E L2006D42

General Washington and Colonel Glover are shown directing the boats as they leave Long Island at night, in one of the most astonishing and successful retreats in military annals. Rectangle.
Both copies are original etchings, signed by the artist. Without letters. Sheets contain watermark of the Geo. Washington Memorial Assoc.
This is illustration #10 in the series of 20 etchings by contemporary artists, issued in connection with the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington by The George Washington Memorial Association, Inc. of New York. The series was intended to assist teachers in the development of lessons about Washington and his life. Information on each etching in this record comes from the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington Teachers' Manual. A complete set of reproductions of the originals of the 20 pageant etchings is available as P&E L2006D48.
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