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The Spirit of - 76
1862
T. H. Matteson (1813-1884); Wm. Smith; H. S. Sadd (1835 - 1884)
USA: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Engraving on paper
sheet: 19-1/2"h x 23-3/4"w
Gift of J. Robert Merrill
77.75.7

The Spirit of - 76 engraving; Revolutionary War soldier departing home and family for war; woman at bottom right holding paper that reads "JULY 4, 1776"; soldier waiting at door; reads at bottom "PAINTED BY T. H. MATTESON, ESQr./ PUBLISHED BY Wm. SMITH, PRINT SELLER 702 SOUTH 3rd St PHILADa/ ENGRAVED ON STEEL BY H. S. SADD/ THE SPIRT OF - 76./ From Matteson's Picture Painted Expressly for this Engraving/ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by William Smith in the clerks office of the district court of the eastern district of Pennsylvania."