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The Life and Times of Washington
1857
J. Smillie; Johnson, Fry and Co.; A. Chappel
USA: New York, New York City
Engraving on paper
engraving: 10 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.; matted: 14 x 11 in.
Gift of Dr. William L. and Mary B. Guyton Collection
82.54.38

The Life and Times of Washington Frontispiece engraving; central design of George Washington, wearing uniform, seated; two vignetes with scenes of George Washington at Princeton and Trenton on sides; top reads "The Life and Times of Washington"; plinth reads "By / J. F. Schroeder D.D. / Author of Maxims of Washington, etc. / Illustrated by A. Chappel / Johnson, Fry Co / New York"; on bottom, "Drawn by A. Chappel / Entered According to Act of Congress AD 1857 by Johnson, Fry and Co in the clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York / Engraved by J. Smillie."