The British evacuate Boston [engraving]

The British evacuate Boston [engraving]

New York, N.Y. George Washington Memorial Assoc., Inc. 1932

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

P&E L2006D41

A majestic George Washington, in one of his few brief moments of triumph during the War of Independence, as he watches General Howe's ships putting out to sea in Boston harbor. Rectangle.
Original etching, signed by the artist. Without letters. Sheet contains watermark of the Geo. Washington Memorial Assoc.
This is illustration #9 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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