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Washington birthday greetings [graphic].
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Title
Washington birthday greetings [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1910
Date
[ca. 1910]
Physical Description
1 print : embossed chromolithograph ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description
Postcard containing an interpretation of Christian Schussele's 1864 painting "Washington and his Family" that was also issued as an engraving. Shows a domestic family group portrait with George and Martha Washington seated at a table, near which their step grand-children Nelly and William stand. A map rests on the table, and Washington holds a book in his lap. In the background, William Lee, an African American man enslaved by Washington who worked as his valet including during the Revolutionary War, enters the room holding a note on a tray. In the right foreground, Washington's overcoat and sword rest on a chair.
Notes
Date inferred from postmark: Mass., Dec. 1910.
Addressed in manuscript to: Mr. Ralph Osgood, Oak St., Springfield, Mass.
Inscribed in lower left corner on verso: Cores. from Ethel.
Contains cancelled one-cent stamp printed in green ink and depicting Benjamin Franklin in profile.
Divided back.
Gift of John Serembus, 2013.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 -- Portraits.
Lewis, Nelly Custis, 1779-1852 -- Portraits.
Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 -- Portraits.
Lee, William -- Portraits.
African American men.
Domestic life.
Families.
Maps.
Presidents -- United States.
Slavery -- United States.
Enslaved persons -- United States.
Enslaved labor -- United States.
Enslaved men -- United States.
Enslavement -- United States.
Enslavers -- United States.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1900-1910.
Group portraits -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP postcards - Non-Pennsylvania [P.2013.66]
Accession number
P.2013.66
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African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
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