Inauguration of Washington at New York

Inauguration of Washington at New York
Inauguration of Washington at New York

Inauguration of Washington at New York

Date1902
Artist (American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationA History of the American People, by Woodrow Wilson (New York & London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1902)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions23 1/4 × 15 3/8 in. (59.1 × 39.1 cm)
frame: 27 1/4 × 19 3/8 in. (69.2 × 49.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Willard S. Morse, 1923
Object number1923-156
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis painting marks the moment in 1789 when Washington stood on the balcony of the newly finished Federal Hall in New York to take the oath of office in front of the gathered members of Congress and an attentive citizenry.

When Harper and Bros. set out to publish Woodrow Wilson's A History of the American People, they reused Howard Pyle's illustrations from various Harper's Monthly Magazine articles published between 1881 and 1901. Only this image of Washington's inauguration was created specifically by Pyle for Wilson's limited-edition book.
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