Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington – Antique 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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Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington
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Rather than a finished building, this lithograph shows Robert Mills's proposed design for the Washington National Monument, drawn as a tall obelisk rising above a ring of columns at its base. Charles Fenderich printed it in Washington around 1846, when the Washington National Monument Society was raising money for the project. The printed line "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" is followed by the signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and John Quincy Adams, which served as public endorsements for the fundraising effort. The monument was not finished until 1884, so the sheet records a plan that took decades to complete.
| Created / published | c. 1846 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print, lithograph, tinted |
| Notes | Robert Mills, architecht. Lithograph by Charles Fenderich, Washington.Includes printed inscription: "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" with signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, John Quincy Adams, and others |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 916 × 1,186 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217737 |
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