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A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 / G. Munger del. ; W. Strickland sculp. – Historic Photo Reproduction

A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 / G. Munger del. ; W. Strickland sculp., 1814 — historic print
A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 / G. Munger del. ; W. Strickland sculp., 1814. Historic print from the White House collection.

(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 print of A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 / G. Munger del. ; W. Strickland sculp.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A view of the Presidents house in the city of Washington after the conflagration of the 24th August 1814 / G. Munger del. ; W. Strickland sculp.

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The print shows the President's House as it looked after British troops set it alight on August 24, 1814, when the building stood gutted and scorched. George Munger drew the scene, and William Strickland engraved it as an aquatint, with hand coloring that gives the blackened walls and empty window openings a stark, eyewitness immediacy. The burning came during the War of 1812, as a retaliation for American forces having attacked York, now Toronto, the year before. President James Madison had left the city before the troops arrived, and the house was later rebuilt, so the print preserves a record of the ruin it replaced.

Created / published1814
Medium1 print : aquatint, hand-colored.
GenreAquatints Hand-colored 1810-1820.
NotesTitle from item.
SubjectsMadison, James,--1751-1836--Homes & haunts. White House (Washington, D.C.)--1810-1820.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,108 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175991

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