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Nathaniel Currier|George Washington

Washington's Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789, on His Way to be Inaugurated First President of the United States

1845
Hand-colored lithograph
30.5 × 21.8 cm (12 × 8.6 in)

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