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Historical paintings engraved for U.S. banknotes

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Original

A seven-engraving design set of the first issue National Bank Note reverse based on historical paintings in the United States Capitol rotunda.

Reason

High quality, high EV (presented as a set). There are eight historical paintings hanging in the United States Capitol rotunda which depict scenes from early American exploration and colonization as well as the American Revolution. Due in large part to the national themes depicted, seven of these images were chosen as designs for the reverse of the first issue of the United States National Bank Note. Only the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis was not included (for reasons not revealed in Treasury Department correspondence).
This nomination includes the seven engravings that were made based on the Capitol Rotunda paintings. Underneath each caption is a link to the original art as a comparative reference. Each painting is 12 feet (3.66m) x 18 feet (5.49m). The vignette portion of the engraved plate is 2.5 inches (0.064 m) x 5 inches (0.13 m).
The original imprints come from a Department of the Treasury presentation book (believed to have been given to Lyman Gage). Scans were made with an Epson 10000XL scanner at 2,400dpi.

Articles in which these images appear

Art and engraving on United States banknotes (all), Steel engraving, and others.

FP category for this image

U.S. History

Creator

American, Continental, and National Bank Note Companies under contract to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Restoration by Godot13.

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  Landing of Columbus
  Painting
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  DeSoto Discovering the Mississippi
  Frederick Girsch
  Painting
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  Baptism of Pocahontas
  Charles Burt
  Painting

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  Embarkation of the Pilgrims
  W.W. Rice
  Painting
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  Declaration of Independence
  Frederick Girsch
  Painting

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  Surrender of General Burgoyne
  Frederick Girsch
  Painting
• 
  Washington Resigning his Commission
  Girsch & Delnoce
  Painting

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 00:12, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support - Great detail. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:54, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support -- These restorations are just beautiful. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:54, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support. Nice job. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:37, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support- Sublime work as usual by Godot. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 02:50, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:BEP-(Multiple)-Landing of Columbus (Vanderlyn).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:BEP-GIRSCH-DeSoto Discovering the Mississippi (Powell).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:BEP-BURT-Baptism of Pocahontas (Chapman).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:BEP-RICE-Embarkation of the Pilgrims (Weir).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:BEP-GIRSCH-Declaration of Independence (Trumbull).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:BEP-GIRSCH-Surrender of General Burgoyne (Trumbull).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
Promoted File:BEP-DELNOCE & GIRSCH-Washington Resigning his Commission (Trumbull).jpg Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:13, 27 July 2014 (UTC)