3704154 Washington\'s Reception by the Ladies on Passing the Bridge at Trenton, April 1789, on His Way to be Inaugurated First President of the United States, 1845 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Currier, Nathaniel (1813-88); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: George Washington (1732-99) was Commander and Chief of the newly formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). He was one of the Founding Fathers, presiding over the convention that drafted the current US Constitution and the first president of the USA (1789-97) En route to his inauguration, banners read "Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776" and "The Defender of the Mothers will be the Proctector of the Daughters." ); American, out of copyright.