Sears Gallagher (1869-1955). "Washington on his Mission to the Ohio." From the portfolio The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington.
George Washington Memorial Association, 1932. 12 3/4 x 8 3/4. Etching. Monogrammed in plate and signed in pencil.
Major Washington and his companion, Gist, leaving Fort Le Boeuf, after delivering Governor Dinwiddie’s message to the French.
From a suite of 20 etchings illustrating events in Washington’s life, edited by John Taylor Arms and Harry A. Ogden, New York. Plates printed by Henry E. Carling, London, England. Edition 1000. Plates cancelled. Paper watermarked “GW” in circle at lower right, with Washington’s coat of arms (shield, crown, and eagle) at upper left.