View of Washington City / lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, Md. – Historic Photograph 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/0e/0e1faa88973b-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. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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View of Washington City / lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., Baltimore, Md.
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Rather than a single building, this chromolithograph offers a bird's-eye view of the whole city of Washington, with the United States Capitol among its most prominent landmarks. Issued around 1869 by the Baltimore firm E. Sachse & Co., it belongs to a popular 1860s genre of panoramic city views, whose map-like perspectives let viewers take in streets, parks, and public buildings at once. The print appeared only a few years after the Capitol's cast-iron dome was completed in 1866, and it shows a capital still growing after the Civil War. Its color, built up from several lithographic stones, makes it a useful record of the city's layout at that moment.
| 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 | 4,716 × 3,781 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221162 |
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