This decorative print features the words of the Declaration of Independence carefully written to reveal a portrait of George Washington. Based on an original calligraphic design by William Henry Pratt, the image also includes a large eagle and thirty-six state seals. An instructor in penmanship who moved to Davenport, Iowa, from Boston in 1857, Pratt also drew Abraham Lincoln’s portrait appearing within the text of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Publication / Creation Year
1865