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"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"

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"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"

Currier & Ives

Date
1876
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
image: 8 3/4 x 12 11/16 in. (22.3 x 32.3 cm) sheet: 13 1/2 x 17 11/16 in. (34.3 x 45 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
63.550.388
Credit line
Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

American, active New York, 1857–1907

Subjects and terms

  • Government
  • Men
  • American Revolution

The Met object ID 380487. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.