Laying corner stone, Washington Monument / The Knapp Co. lith., N.Y. – 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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Laying corner stone, Washington Monument / The Knapp Co. lith., N.Y. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Laying corner stone, Washington Monument / The Knapp Co. lith., N.Y.
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This lithograph shows the 1848 ceremony that set the cornerstone of the Washington Monument on July 4, the Independence Day date chosen for the start of construction. Benjamin B. French, Grand Master of the Freemasons of the District of Columbia, presided over the Masonic rites, and the subject headings list him as a public figure of that ceremony. The monument took decades to finish because of funding gaps and the Civil War, and it was not completed until 1884. Printed around 1893, the picture looks back on that beginning from the vantage of a finished monument.
| Created / published | c1893. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 51621Y U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Commemoration--Washington (D.C.) French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown)--1800-1870--Public appearances--Washington (D.C.) Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,459 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216562 |
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