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Eugene Higgins

En Route to the First Continental Congress,

Maker

  • Eugene Higgins

Title

En Route to the First Continental Congress

Medium

etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • etching

Techniques

  • etching

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

23.5 x 32.4 cm (9 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:signed in pencil below plate on right:Eugene Higgins; in UL:7 Verso:written in pencil in LR:En Route to the First Continental Congress/original etching by Eugene Higgins/Colonel Pendelton, Colonel Washington and Patrick Henry on their way/from Mt. Vernon to Philadelphia

Marks: Watermarks:GW in a circle and:a shield with stars and stripes on it with an eagle on top of it

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Edward S. Brackett, Jr.

Object Number

56.041.8

En Route to the First Continental Congress
The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington

Original--Recto:signed in pencil below plate on right:Eugene Higgins; in UL:7 Verso:written in pencil in LR:En Route to the First Continental Congress/original etching by Eugene Higgins/Colonel Pendelton, Colonel Washington and Patrick Henry on their way/from Mt. Vernon to Philadelphia

Marks: Watermarks:GW in a circle and:a shield with stars and stripes on it with an eagle on top of it

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