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Summary
Print shows a large rock labeled "Washington" with trees growing on top, standing firm while battered by huge storm tossed waves; may be intended to represent former President George Washington metaphorically as a rock in a stormy sea.
Possibly from: The life of George Washington / by David Ramsay. Fourth edition. Baltimore: 1815, frontispiece.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
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washington george
rocks
seas
storms
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wood engravings
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Date
01/01/1815
Source
Library of Congress
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