George Washington 1852 NRG_Stadium_Print The lithographer's grid imposes order

The lithographer's grid imposes order on a hundred years of contested elections

1879 arranges Joseph Smith and his successors in a devotional lithograph

when bankruptcy and throat cancer pressed him toward the desk where he raced to finish his memoirs

The image carries the weight of a South still convinced of its commanders

the Soldiers and Sailors monument anchoring linen panoramas of Meridian Street

George Washington 1852 NRG_Stadium_Print The lithographer's grid imposes orderGeorge Washington 1852 a mid century lithograph of the first president, issued when the republic he founded was already straining at its seams. The image looks backward with reverence, even as the Compromise of 1850 echoed in the halls he had once tried to keep above faction. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the