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Object Name
Print - "Pulling Down the Statue of George III"
Object Number
1978-02-14
Description
Lithograph framed under glass, depicting soldiers and citizens pulling down statue of King George III. Crowd of people, in left and right foreground, women and gentlemen on right, farmers, Native Americans on left. Soldiers at left base of statue, boys on right. Legend along bottom reads "Painted by Johannes A. Oertel. Published by John C. McRae 694 Broadway, New York Engraved by John C. McRae/Pulling Down the Statue of George III/By the "Sons of Freedom."/At the Bowling Green City of New York, July 1776/Entered According to the act of Congress in the year 1859 by John C. McRae in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Category
Communication Artifacts
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Date Made
1859
Dimensions
28.5" x 38.5" framed
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Print - "Pulling Down the Statue of George III"