E. Pember and S. Luzerder

E. Pember and S. Luzerder were American printmakers whose work was notable for its political commentary. Their print "G.Washington in his last Illness, attended by Doc. Craik and Brown" depicts the death of George Washington, a pivotal figure in American history. The image, likely created shortly after Washington's death in 1799, uses the format of a deathbed scene to portray the national grief and the loss of a leader. It exemplifies the use of printmaking as a medium for communicating social and political events in 18th-century America.