Our Three Great Presidents

Washington, George · 1872

After Lincoln’s assassination, prints depicting George Washington and Abraham Lincoln together became popular, the former imagined as the father of the nation, the latter as its savior. This print also celebrates Grant for the role he played in preserving the national unity Washington had fought to establish a little less than a century before. Printed in 1872, it was likely produced to promote the General’s campaign for re-election that year, which he easily won.