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The reverse of the great seal of the United States / JT sculp.
Summary
Print shows the eye at the top of the pyramid in a medallion inscribed with "Annuit cœptis:" and "Novus ordo seclorum" on a pedestal with olive branch and palm leaf.
Engrav'd for the Columbian Magazine.
Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard, 1786 September, opp. p. 51.
Another copy in PR 06 CN 894.
Stauffer, 3282
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 884.
Tags
Date
01/01/1786
Contributors
Trenchard, James, 1747-, engraver
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
