Details
Creator Inger, Christian, lithographer.
Contributor P.S. Duval & Son, printer.
Perry, George T., copyright holder.
Smith, William, publisher.
P.S. Duval & Son, printer.
Title Washington's triumphal entry into New York, Nov. 25th, 1783. [graphic] / C. Inger, lith.; Printed in oil colors by P.S. Duval & Son.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by William Smith, 706 South Third Street
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1860
Date 1860
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 88 x 120 cm (34.5 x 46.75 in.)
Description Historic scene from the close of the American Revolution depicting General Washington, carrying his hat in his right hand and holding the reins in his left hand, on horseback and triumphantly parading his troops through a crowded New York City street on November 25, 1783. Following him closely on horseback are his principal officers: Governor George Clinton, General Frederick William Augustus, Baron von Steuben, General Thaddeus Kosciusko, General Gilbert Motier De La Fayette, Alexander Hamilton, General Henry Knox, General Israel Putnam, General Nathaniel Greene, and General Horatio Gates. Army personnel in the back carry the St. George cross flag, the New England Pine Tree flag, and the Washington life banner. The exuberant spectators, comprised of prominent figures and everyday citizens, line both sides of the thoroughfare and cheer from the street, balconies, and windows and include: Martha Washington; the society ladies of the Republican Court including Mrs. Cornelia [Tappan] Clinton, Mrs. Anne Willing Bingham, Mrs. Elizabeth [Schuyler] Hamilton, Mrs. Sarah [Livingston] Jay, Mrs. Polly Caton, and Mrs. Abigail Adams; Native Americans of the Six Nations including Chief Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant); General Benjamin Lincoln; Thomas Mifflin; John Marshall; Reverend David Jones; Stephen Hopkins; Miss Bingham; Miss J. Marshall; Mrs. Hamlin; the personification of a free press as an older white man reporter; continental guards; an African American woman peddler seated and holding a basket of grapes; and an older white man veteran with a crutch.
Notes Title from item.
Date from copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by Geo T. Perry in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Copyrighted by George T. Perry.
Pamphlet titled Description of the print entitled Washington's triumphal entry, New York, November 25th, 1783 (Philadelphia: George T. Perry, 1861) describes and provides a key to figures in the engraving. Copy of Library of Congress original housed with print. Link to digital version below in Koha Catalog.
Peter C. Marzio's Chromolithography 1840-1900: The democratic art, pictures for 19th-century America (Boston: David R. Grodine, 1979), p. 27 and 283.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1973, p. 44-45.
Accessioned 1979.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
Bingham, Anne Willing.
Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807.
Caton, Mary Carroll, 1770-1846.
Clinton, Cornelia Tappan.
Clinton, George, 1739-1812.
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854.
Jay, Sarah Livingston.
Kościuszko, Tadeusz, 1746-1817.
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800.
Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790.
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802.
African American women -- New York (State) -- New York.
Crutches -- New York (State) -- New York.
Disabled veterans -- New York (State) -- New York.
Horses -- New York (State) -- New York.
Indians of North America -- New York (State) -- New York.
Indigenous peoples -- New York (State) -- New York.
Parades & processions -- New York (State) -- New York.
Peddlers -- New York (State) -- New York.
People with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York.
Spectators -- New York (State) -- New York.
Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York.
Victory celebrations -- New York (State) -- New York.
Women -- New York (State) -- New York.
Geographic subject New York (State) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Peace.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Commemorative prints -- 1860-1870.
Printer Smith, William, publisher.
P.S. Duval & Son, printer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| ***GC-American Revolution [P.2279]
Accession number P.2279