Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Washington's Reception by the Ladies, on Passing the Bridge at Trenton in frame
1845
Nathaniel Currier, publisher
USA: New York, New York
Handcolored lithograph on paper
a: 13 1/2 x 10 in.; b: 17 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 3/4 in.
Gift of Barry L. Bayon
2001.050.3a-b

a: Washington's Reception by the Ladies, on Passing the Bridge at Trenton lithograph; scene of George Washington in blue and white uniform sitting on horse; several women and girls surround him with flowers; other military men on horses behind Washington; arch above Washington's head has four flags, an eagle, reads "GW/ BATTLE OF TRENTON DEC. 26th 1776./ 'THE DEFENDER OF THE MOTHERS WILL BE THE PROTECTOR OF THE DAUGHTERS.'"; below image reads "Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier./ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1845 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York./ 2 Spruce St. N.Y./ WASHINGTON'S RECEPTION BY THE LADIES, ON PASSING THE/ BRIDGE AT TRNTON, N.J. APRIL 1789,/ ON HIS WAY TO NEW YORK TO BE INAUGURATED FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES."; b: simple frame, flat profile, natural color. (found unframed during Inventory 2000)

In 1789, President-elect George Washington traveled from his home in Virginia to New York City for his inauguration. On his journey, well-wishers gathered along the road to fête him and to celebrate an important moment—the swearing in of the new nation’s first president. This lithograph shows Washington in Trenton, New Jersey, as a group of young girls in white dresses pay tribute to him with song and flowers.