The Bi-Centennial Pageant of George Washington.

1932. Suite of 20 etchings illustrating events in Washington's life, edited by John Taylor Arms and Harry A. Ogden, New York. Published by the George Washington Memorial Association, Inc. Sheet size: 14 3/4 x 19 3/4. Printed on G.W. watermarked paper. Sheet size: 19 1/2 x 14 3/4. Each image is signed in pencil. Lacking the original portfolio box; each image and sheet in pristine condition. $1,500 for the complete set of 20.

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1. Arthur Heintzelman. The Washington Homestead. 9 x 11 7/8. A domestic secne in the Rappahannock homestead showing the widowed mother sewing in silence while George, aged twelve, studiously applies himself to the task of self-education.

2. Robert Nisbet. The Surveyor's Assistant. 8 7/8 x 12 5/8. Pursuing his education, George, now sixteen, is showen, accompanied by George William Fairfax, helping James Genn to survey the domain of Lord Fairfax in Virginia.

3.Sears Gallagher. Warning the French at Fort Le Boeuf. 12 7/8 x 8 7/8. Major Washington and his companion, Gist, leaving Fort Le Boeuf after delivering General Dinwiddie's message to the French.

4.Earl Horter. Rallying the Troops at Braddock's Defeat. 13 1/8 x 9 3/4. The youthful Colonel, his General mortally wounded, rallying the troops at a critical moment.

5. William Auerbach-Levy. Washington's Courtship. 13 5 /8 x 10. The young widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, and the gallant Colonel, recently returned from a trip to the Ohio country, shown in a beautiful Virginia garden.

6. Ernest Roth. A Vestryman of Pohick Church. 10 x 13 3/4. About to enter the church on Sunday morning, Washington is congratulated by some of his friends on his election as a vestryman.

7. Eugene Higgins. En Route to the First Continental Congress. 9 1/4 x 12 3/4. Colonel Pendleton, Colonel Washington and Patrtick Henry passing a Maryland farmhouse on their way from Mount Vernon to Philadelphia.

8. Ralph Boyer. The First American Army. 10 x 14 7/8. The Commander-in-Chief, accompanied by his guard of honor, the polished First City Troop of Philadelphia, faces the small group of untrained patriots comprising his new command.

9. Allen Lewis.The British Driven from Boston. 13 7 /8 x 9 7/8. A majestic Washington, in one of his few brief moments of triumph during the Wars of Independence, as he watches General Howe's ships putting to sea.

10.Levon West.Strategic Retreat from Long Island. 12 7 /8 x 9 1/4. The General and Colonel Glover are shown directing, at night, one of the most astonishing and successful retreats in military annals.

11. George Hand Wright. Valley Forge - Army's Desperate Plight. 10 1/4 x 13 1/2. A compassionate Washington, keenly alert to the desperate plight of his men, and overwhelmed with his responsibility.

12. Kerr Eby. Stemming the Retreat at Monmouth. 10 x 14 7/8. The Commander-in-Chief checks the furious speed of his mount and with sword upraised, angrily rebukes General Lee, whose troops are retreating.

13. F. Luis Mora. The Surrender of Cornwallis. 10 x 14. General O'Hara, delegated to surrender Cornwallis' sword, presents it to Washington, who indicates with a gesture that General Lincoln will receive it on his behalf. Gaily uniformed, the old regiments of France stand by. It is their victory, too.

14. Albert Sterner. Preventing a Military Dictatorship. 10 x 14 1/2. Washington, the man of principle, persuades his restive officers -- all his character and record speaking with his words -- that the army serves the country but must not rule it.

15. Samuel Chamberlain. Dramatic Farewell at Fraunces Tavern. 6 1/4 x 8 1/2. Victory dissolves associations which, through mutual dependence and respect, have developed warm friendships. The dramatic scene in Fraunce's Tavern marks the return of the great captains to civil life.

16. Louis Conrad Rosenberg. Washington, the Planter. 9 x 12 5/8. Washington, relieved of his military responbsibility, gratefully retires to Mount Vernon, where he is shown supervising the activities on his estate.

17. John Winkler. The Constitutional Convention -- 1787. 9 1/2 x 13 5/8. Denied the enjoyment of private life by a new public emergency, Washington reluctantly emerges from retirement as Presiding Office of the Constitutional Convention.

18. Ernest Lawson. New York Welcomes the President-Elect. 9 7/8 x 14 7/8. The stately barge bearing the President-Elect approaches Murray Wharf through crowded shipping gaily decorated in his honor.

19. Walter Tittle. Lady Washington's Levee. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4. On Christmas Day, 1790, the leaders of the new republic gather in Philadelphia to honor the President and his wife.

20. Childe Hassam. Washington Enjoys His Beloved Estate. 8 1/4 x 13 1/4. Serene and content, Washington enjoys the sunset of his illustrious career in the peace and beauty of his beloved estate.

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