Valley Forge - Washington & Lafayette [engraving]

Valley Forge - Washington & Lafayette [engraving]

New York Johnson, Fry & Company|Martin, Johnson & Co. c.1856 by Martin, Johnson & Co.|c.1858 by Johnson, Fry & Co.

1 handcolored print ; on sheet 21 x 28 cm. mounted on cardboard 25 x 30 cm. (Johnson, Fry & Company)
1 black & white print ; on sheet 20 x 27 cm. (Martin, Johnson & Co.)

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Lafayette and Washington stand talking in the snow outside the encampment at Valley Forge. A group of soldiers are huddled around a campfire in the lower right. Regarding the hand colored copy (Johnson, Fry & Co.):
This copy of the engraving appears in Schroeder's Life and Times of Washington, Vol. I, between pages 686 & 687, as published by Johnson, Fry & Company in 1857..
This copy of the engraving was removed from its frame and is preserved in the P&E files in the vault. It was originally accessioned as Museum #789.
This copy of the engraving was a gift of Thomas Gerry Townsend Phillps of the Massachusetts Society. Regarding the black and white copy (Martin, Johnson & Co.):
This copy of the engraving appears in Schroeder's Life and Times of Washington, Vol. I, between pages 686 & 687, as published by Martin & Johnson & Co., in 1857.
The 2 engravings and titles are identical. Only the letters regarding the recognition of the artist and engraver and the copyrights are different.
Digitized image available.

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