The placid canal and the turbulent river. The Potomac below Great Falls, 1918 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of The placid canal and the turbulent river. The Potomac below Great Falls, 1918. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The placid canal and the turbulent river. The Potomac below Great Falls, 1918
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The title sets a placid canal against the turbulent Potomac below Great Falls, and the drawing shows how the two sit side by side. The river drops sharply at the falls, so boats could not pass the rapids, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was built to carry traffic around them through a series of locks. In 1918 the canal still moved coal and goods along its towpath route, though its commercial life was nearing an end. The ink and colored pencil over graphite give the scene a careful, hand-built texture.
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink and color pencil over graphite underdrawing. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1918 |
| Subjects | Rivers--1910-1920. Canals--1910-1920. Potomac River--1910-1920. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,014 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224307 |
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