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c. 1857 Die Proof Printed Frontispiece For: Life + Times of (George) Washington”

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c. 1857 Die Proof Printed Frontispiece For: Life + Times of (George) Washington”
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c. 1857 Die Proof Print Frontispiece For “Life & Times of (George) Washington” by Engraver James Smillie
c. 1857, Die Proof Frontispiece to “Life & Times of (George) Washington,” Print by James Smillie, Choice Extremely Fine.
Measuring 9.25” x 6” this original Proof Print is on period Card Stock with its full wide margins. This early die state Proof Engraved Print by Smillie is a frontispiece for Vol. 1 of J.F. Schroeder’s multi-volume biography on Washington. Smillie’s engraving depicts a Statue of General Washington, the military commander holding the emblems of authority. Vignettes flanking the statue show an equestrian Washington triumphant at Trenton and Princeton. The author’s name and publisher, Martin, Johnson & Co., New York, are engraved on the pediment. A pencil notation, “JDS,” credits this work to Smillie, and another notation indicates this Proof was pulled for an etching January 6, 1857.