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English: Bureau of Engraving and Printing engraved vignette of Robert W. Weir’s painting Embarkation of the Pilgrims . Engraving by W.W. Rice.
Scanned from an original impression, part of a Treasury Department presentation album of portraits and vignettes (c. 1902), possibly presented to Lyman Gage . (Epson 10000XL scanner @2400dpi).
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Source Restoration by Godot13
Author W.W. Rice at the American Banknote Company for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Other versions File:BEP-RICE-Embarkation of the Pilgrims (Weir) reduced original.jpg
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