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DescriptionPatrick Henry speaking before the Virginia Assembly.tiff
English: "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the rights of the colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd 1775, concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the revolution.
Date
circa 1876
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https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001700209/
Author
Currier & Ives
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Title
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the rights of the colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd 1775, concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the revolution.
Creator(s)
Currier & Ives.,
Date Created/Published
New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1876.
Medium
1 print: lithograph.
Reproduction Number
LC-USZC2-2452 (color film copy slide)
Call Number
PGA - Currier & Ives--Give me liberty, ... (A size) [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Notes
Reference print in LOT 4412 AC.
Currier & Ives: a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, c1983, no. 2584.
Subjects
Henry, Patrick,--1736-1799.
Virginia.--General Assembly.--House of Burgesses--People--1770-1780.
Public speaking--Virginia--Williamsburg--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
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