Washington and Wife Visiting the Troops at Valley Forge
Washington and Wife Visiting the Troops at Valley Forge
- Description (Brief)
- Black and white print depicting George and Martha Washington standing in snow near a camp fire surrounded by soldiers in dress uniform. Wounded soldiers appear at left. Troops in background stand at attention with raised bayonets behind an American flag.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- date made
- 1871
- depicted
- Washington, George
- Washington, Martha
- maker
- Breuker & Kessler
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- depicted
- United States: Pennsylvania, Valley Forge
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 10 in x 15 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 39.37 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2598
- catalog number
- 60.2598
- accession number
- 228146
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- subject
- Costume
- Revolutionary War
- Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- Chronology: 1870-1879
- Uniforms, Military
- Valley Forge
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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