Washington on His Mission to the Ohio
20th Century Print
1932 (Date manufactured/created)
etching
paper, Print
13 in. H
X
8 7/8 in. W
19.5 inches H X 14.75 inches W
19.5 inches H X 14.75 inches W
This is print 3 of 20 from the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington issued in cooperation with the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and with its approval. The set was edited by John Taylor Arms with Harry Ogden as associate editor and Dorothy Noyes Arms as a contributor. The set includes 20 original etchings, each executed and signed by a distinguished American artist, with an essay on the national hero by Dixon Ryan Fox of Columbia University. It was published in New York in 1932.
This print depicts: "Major Washington and his companion, Gist, leaving Fort Le Boeuf, after delivering Governor Dinwiddie's message to the French."
[information taken from the title page/print of the collection and 6 other pages of essays and information on the prints and artists]
[information taken from the title page/print of the collection and 6 other pages of essays and information on the prints and artists]
This print depicts: "Major Washington and his companion, Gist, leaving Fort Le Boeuf, after delivering Governor Dinwiddie's message to the French."
[information taken from the title page/print of the collection and 6 other pages of essays and information on the prints and artists]
[information taken from the title page/print of the collection and 6 other pages of essays and information on the prints and artists]
Gift of The George Washington Memorial Association in Memory of Arthur R. Kimball, 1933
XP68.315.4