overall: 21 3/4 in x 28 1/2 in; 55.245 cm x 72.39 cm
overall: 28 1/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 71.755 cm x 54.61 cm
Object Name:
lithograph
Object Type:
Lithograph
Other Terms:
print; Pictures; Lithography
Place made:
United States: Maine, Portland
Depicted:
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Independence Hall
United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Bunker Hill
Associated Place:
United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Date made:
1876
Description:
This patriotic lithograph poster of Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876 was supposedly commissioned by the United States Congress for the official celebration of the US Centennial. Depicted is a classically dressed female Liberty/Columbia figure in center, full length seated holding wreath of laurel leaves and wearing a phygian cap, surrounded by flags and stars, and at her feet is a large eagle holding a shield in its claws. The figure is surrounded by border of 18 oval bust portraits of presidents of the United States from Washington to Grant. Below the eagle in the center bottom of the image are oval bust portraits of the following six Revolutionary War heroes: Israel Putnam, Philip Schuyler, Horatio Gates, Nathaniel Greene, Benjamin Lincoln, and John Sullivan Above is birds-eye view of the exposition grounds and small oval vigettes of Independence Hall, Philadelphia (top left) , Bunker Hill Monument, Boston (top center) and Faneuil Hall, Boston (top right) . Below the center image is text and in the lower left below the date 1776, is a scene of a Revolutionary War battle labeled "The Struggle For Liberty." Below the 1876 date in the lower right is are side by side farm and city scenes labeled "Peace And Prosperity."
The Black and gray-green tint on tan-white lithograph was produced by George Stinson & Co. Publishers from Portland, Maine. The print was also issued in color.
