Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789, on His Way to be Inaugurated First President of the United States
Nathaniel Currier|George Washington
1845 · Hand-colored lithograph · Drawings and Prints
George Washington on horseback, accompanied by other gentlemen, is greeted by ladies bearing flowers as he rides over the bridge at Trenton. Banners bear the following inscriptions: "Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776" "The Defender of the Mothers will be the Proctector of the Daughters."
- Artist
- Nathaniel Currier|George Washington
- Date
- 1845
- Medium
- Hand-colored lithograph
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Emily C. Chadbourne, 1952
