George Washington 1877 southwest wall art 1844 — a campaign-era portrait

1844 — a campaign-era portrait of Polk's running mate

when the Union he had begged to preserve had finally been bled into permanence

where every concentric ring hums with the conviction that God

Democratic Candidate for the Presidency

mid-term and mid-century

George Washington 1877 southwest wall art 1844 — a campaign-era portraitGeorge Washington 1877 a centennial era likeness of the first president, drawn up as the republic neared its hundredth year and reached back to its founder for ballast. The 1877 dating places it squarely in the long aftermath of the war, when Washington's image was reissued as civic anchor and shared inheritance. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,