View of Washington City / lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, Md. – Vintage Photo Print
![View of Washington City / lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, Md., [S.l.] : Publ. by J.F. Walker : c1869 (Baltimore : E. Sachse & Co.) — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/04/045d8690dbc7-L.webp)
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures View of Washington City / lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, Md. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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View of Washington City / lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, Md.
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A bird's-eye chromolithograph titled "View of Washington City," printed by E. Sachse & Co. of Baltimore and published by J.F. Walker around 1869, presents the capital from a high vantage point that lets the viewer take in the whole layout at once. The record ties the print to the United States Capitol, which dominates the scene and was still being completed in these years, with its new cast-iron dome rising above the city. Sachse's firm specialized in detailed aerial views of American cities during the 1850s through the 1870s, and their color lithographs were prized as both maps and decorative wall pieces. Look closely at the streets, parks and avenues radiating from the Capitol to see how the planners' grand design looked on paper just after the Civil War.
| Created / published | [S.l.] : Publ. by J.F. Walker : c1869 (Baltimore : E. Sachse & Co.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1860-1870.Cityscape prints 1860-1870.Chromolithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1869 by E. Sachse & Co. Balto. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Md. |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1860-1870. Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114525 |
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