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GCR

Museum Exhibition

Catalogue of Works

Independence and Identity: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

30 documented works

His Excellency George Washington Esq-r.

Charles Willson Peale

His Excellency George Washington Esq-r.

ca. 1777

Mezzotint, with hand coloring

sheet including text: 12 11/16 x 9 1/2 in. (32.2 x 24.2 cm)

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George Washington, First President of the United States

Nicolas Eustache Maurin

George Washington, First President of the United States

1828

Lithograph

Image: 11 9/16 × 9 5/8 in. (29.3 × 24.5 cm) Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (45.1 × 34.4 cm)

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The Patriotick Barber of New York, or the Captain in the Suds

Philip Dawe

The Patriotick Barber of New York, or the Captain in the Suds

February 14, 1775

Mezzotint

plate: 13 7/8 x 10 in. (35.3 x 25.4 cm) sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 9/16 in. (41.9 x 29.3 cm)

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L'Entré triumphale des Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck – Der Einzug der Königlichen Volcker in Neu Yorck [The Triumphal Entry of Royal Troops into New York]

Anonymous, French, 18th century

L'Entré triumphale des Troupes royales a Nouvelle Yorck – Der Einzug der Königlichen Volcker in Neu Yorck [The Triumphal Entry of Royal Troops into New York]

1776–77

Hand-colored etching and engraving

Image: 8 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (21 × 37.5 cm) Plate: 10 1/16 × 15 1/2 in. (25.5 × 39.3 cm)

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A Plan of Operations of the King's Army, under the Command of General Sir William Howe, K.B., in New York and East New Jersey, against the American Forces Commanded by General Washington, From the 12th of October, to the 28th of November 1776...

Claude Joseph Sauthier

A Plan of Operations of the King's Army, under the Command of General Sir William Howe, K.B., in New York and East New Jersey, against the American Forces Commanded by General Washington, From the 12th of October, to the 28th of November 1776...

February 25, 1777

Hand-colored etching and engraving

image: 29 1/2 x 19 7/8 in. (74.9 x 50.5 cm) sheet: 30 5/8 x 22 3/4 in. (77.8 x 57.8 cm)

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Lady Harriet Acland, Crossing the Hudson River to the American Lines, Presenting Her Safe Conduct

Robert Pollard

Lady Harriet Acland, Crossing the Hudson River to the American Lines, Presenting Her Safe Conduct

November 15, 1784

Aquatint and etching on chine collé

Plate: 17 5/8 × 22 1/8 in. (44.8 × 56.2 cm) Sheet: 19 1/8 × 25 1/16 in. (48.5 × 63.7 cm)

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The Capture of Andre by John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, at Tarrytown, New York, September 23, 1780

Currier & Ives

The Capture of Andre by John Paulding, David Williams and Isaac Van Wart, at Tarrytown, New York, September 23, 1780

1876

Hand-colored lithograph

Image: 8 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (22.2 × 32.4 cm) Image and text: 9 7/8 × 12 3/4 in. (25.1 × 32.4 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 13/16 in. (27.3 × 37.6 cm)

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Triumph of Patriotism– Washington Entering New York, 25 November 1783

Alexander Hay Ritchie

Triumph of Patriotism– Washington Entering New York, 25 November 1783

1858

Mixed method engraving

sheet: 27 7/8 x 38 5/8 in. (70.8 x 98.1 cm)

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Royal American Magazine, or Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement, Vol. I

Isaiah Thomas

Royal American Magazine, or Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement, Vol. I

January–December 1774

Illustrations: engraving

Binding: 9 1/16 × 5 11/16 × 1 9/16 in. (23 × 14.5 × 4 cm) Book open in cradle: 9 1/16 × 12 3/16 in. (23 × 31 cm)

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United Colonies Continental Currency – Two Dollars

Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

United Colonies Continental Currency – Two Dollars

February 26, 1777

Etching and engraving, and nature printing

Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 11/16 in. (9.5 × 6.9 cm)

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United States Continental Currency – Forty Dollars

Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

United States Continental Currency – Forty Dollars

September 26, 1778

Engraving, letterpress, and nature printing

Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 11/16 in. (9.5 × 6.9 cm)

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Sharecropper

Elizabeth Catlett

Sharecropper

1952 (published 1968–70)

Linocut printed in green and black

Sheet: 20 1/16 × 18 7/8 in. (51 × 48 cm) Image: 17 1/2 × 16 9/16 in. (44.5 × 42 cm)

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Scheveningen Fisherman

Willem van den Berg

Scheveningen Fisherman

1932

Black and brown fabricated chalk on paper

48 1/2 × 38 3/4 in. (123.2 × 98.4 cm)

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Sledgehammers

Sybil Andrews

Sledgehammers

1933

Monotype

Plate: 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 11 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (29.2 × 37.5 cm)

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A Henequén Worker, from "Estampas de Yucatán" (1946)

Alfredo Zalce

A Henequén Worker, from "Estampas de Yucatán" (1946)

1945

Lithograph

Sheet: 15 3/16 × 17 1/2 in. (38.5 × 44.5 cm)

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Summer (Aestas), from "The Seasons"

Pieter van der Heyden

Summer (Aestas), from "The Seasons"

1570

Engraving; first state of two

Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 5/16 in. (22.5 x 28.7 cm)

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In the Opera Box

Mary Cassatt

In the Opera Box

ca. 1880

Drawing for soft ground transfer

sheet: 5 13/16 x 4 7/16 in. (14.8 x 11.3 cm)

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Wooded Landscape at L'Hermitage, Pontoise

Camille Pissarro

Wooded Landscape at L'Hermitage, Pontoise

1879

Soft ground, aquatint, spit bite, etching, and drypoint on Japanese paper; sixth state of six (per Shapiro)

sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 in. (27 x 35.6 cm) plate: 8 11/16 x 10 9/16 in. (22 x 26.9 cm)

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Plate for "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery"

Edgar Degas

Plate for "Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery"

1879–80

Copperplate, etched and aquantinted, gold-plated

11 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (30.2 × 12.4 cm)

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Sandwich Man

Joseph Vogel

Sandwich Man

1937–43

Lithograph

sheet: 18 1/4 x 15 in. (46.3 x 38.1 cm)

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Vision #2

Joseph Vogel

Vision #2

1939–41

Lithograph

sheet: 15 7/8 x 21 15/16 in. (40.4 x 55.8 cm) image: 12 7/16 x 18 1/8 in. (31.6 x 46.1 cm)

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"None So Blind ..."

Joseph Vogel

"None So Blind ..."

1937–41

Lithograph

sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 in. (36.8 x 50.8 cm) image: 10 7/8 x 17 in. (27.7 x 43.2 cm)

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Castello Sant' Angelo, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Nicolas Beatrizet

Castello Sant' Angelo, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

ca. 1555–65

Engraving; first state of three (Robert-Dumesnil)

sheet: 15 11/16 x 21 1/4 in. (39.9 x 54 cm) plate: 13 1/16 x 18 1/8 in. (33.1 x 46 cm)

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The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Louis Jean Desprez

The Girandola at the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

ca. 1781–1784

Etching with hand-coloring

sheet: 27 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. (70.5 x 48.6 cm) mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

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Notre Dame

Fritz Beckert

Notre Dame

1912

Color lithograph

sheet: 24 1/8 x 19 3/4 in. (61.3 x 50.1 cm)

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Lincoln Cathedral: From the Castle

Frederick H. Evans

Lincoln Cathedral: From the Castle

1896

Photogravure

21 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. )

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Arch of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Charles Frederick Mielatz

Arch of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

1909

Etching

Plate: 10 1/4 × 5 1/8 in. (26 × 13 cm) Sheet: 14 in. × 8 11/16 in. (35.5 × 22 cm)

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Views of Strasbourg Cathedral and Designs of the Windows

M. Grieshaber

Views of Strasbourg Cathedral and Designs of the Windows

ca. 1840

Lithograph

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Cathedral #1, from the Cathedral Series

Roy Lichtenstein

Cathedral #1, from the Cathedral Series

1969

Lithographs and screenprint

Sheet: 48 9/16 × 32 1/2 in. (123.3 × 82.5 cm) Image: 41 13/16 in. × 27 in. (106.2 × 68.6 cm)

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Cathedral #3, from the Cathedral Series

Roy Lichtenstein

Cathedral #3, from the Cathedral Series

1969

Lithograph

Sheet: 48 9/16 × 32 1/2 in. (123.3 × 82.5 cm) Image: 41 13/16 in. × 27 in. (106.2 × 68.6 cm)

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