Monumental engraving. : Inasmuch as the sons of Columbia consider themselves unrivalled in every laudable attempt of gratitude ... they conceive it their duty to approve, and patronize the engraving, agreeable to this description, as the design of a monument, sacred to the memory of the late General George Washington .. Description, viz. ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarke, Thomas (Engraver)

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 946.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Monuments.

Washington, George.

Clarke, Thomas (Engraver). Sacred to the memory of the illustrious G. Washington.

Clarke, Thomas.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Art publishing--Massachusetts--Boston.

Art publishing.

Publishers and publishing--Massachusetts--Boston.

Publishers and publishing.

Prints--Massachusetts--Boston.

Prints.

Engraving--Massachusetts--Boston.

Engraving.

Monuments.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Prospectuses.

Advertisements -- Prints.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1801]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Description of the engraving by Thomas Clarke entitled Sacred to the memory of the illustrious G. Washington, which depicts the proposed monument.

"The above piece has already been patronized by Their Excellencies Governors Strong, Gilman, and Bowen, and near six hundred respectable characters in their respective states, and will continue to be published only by subscription."

Dated: Boston, March 13th, 1801.

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