Details
Creator Enzing-Müller, Johann Michael, 1804-1808.
Contributor Myers, Bryn & Cranford, publisher.
Title Historical monument of our country. [graphic] / Painted by I.M. Enzing-Miller. Engraved by I.M. Enzing-Miller.
Publisher [New York]: Myers, Bryn & Cranford
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1893
Date c1893
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; sheet 65 x 83 cm (25.75 x 32.5 in.)
Description Allegorical print after the 1858 painting by German-born painter Johann Michael Enzing-Müller documenting the history of the United States from ca. 1000 to the 1850s. In the right foreground, Norsemen, some seated and some standing on ground marked "1000" are portrayed discovering North America, which they called Vinland. A few of the men hold bunches of grapes, a shield, or a spear. In the left foreground, Columbus stands on a shore, between a rowboat holding white men, one writing in a ledger and with his back to an enslaved Black man in shackles, and a group of Indigenous people wearing headdresses. Columbus holds a flag into the ground marked "1492" and a sword up into the air. Behind the scene Plymouth Rock with the date "1620" inscribed on it is visible. In the center of the image, white men in different era attire use tools, convene, or celebrate near a trunk, cargo, and a stone wall. Beside them, in the right, a Pilgrim family (man, woman, child) rests near a frontiersman completing a blanket tent near cattle. In the upper right, the image contains scenes representing the American Revolution, including soldiers at battle and wounded men being attended to. In the upper left, ships and trains depicted near cityscape strewn with people and from which an American flag flies represents American progress. In the upper center, the American eagle mauls the British lion and unicorn on a stone mound. At top center, on a pyramid-like structure adorned with the shields of the states of the Union, George Washington stands with his hand on the Constitution which rests on an ornate stand. To his left are the fourteen presidents who followed him standing in a line. Above them, are allegorical women figures of Liberty and Justice. An allegorical female figure holding the Declaration of Independence sits to Washington's right. Behind the Presidents and pyramid is the new U.S. Capitol building with a dome.
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1893, by Myers, Bryn & Cranford.
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Subject Columbus, Christopher -- Portraits.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
United States. Constitution.
United States. Declaration of Independence.
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Allegories.
Eagles.
Enslaved persons.
Justice.
Liberty.
Lions.
Indians of North America.
Men, Black.
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
Soldiers.
Presidents -- United States.
Progress.
Unicorns -- United States.
Black men.
Enslaved men.
Geographic subject America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.
America -- History.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1783-1865.
Genre Engravings -- 1890-1900.
Allegorical prints -- 1890-1900.
Printer Myers, Bryn & Cranford, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ***GC-Allegories [P.2023.42.1]
Accession number P.2023.42.1