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The Refectory of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - Senators and their friends at luncheon – Historic Print

The Refectory of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - Senators and their friends at luncheon, 1868 — antique engraving
The Refectory of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - Senators and their friends at luncheon, 1868. Antique engraving from the Washington DC 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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A window into the past: The Refectory of the Senate, Washington, D.C. - Senators and their friends at luncheon, preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few views of Capitol life show senators off the floor, and this one takes the chamber's private dining room as its subject. The refectory, a basement dining room in the U.S. Capitol, is shown with senators and their guests gathered at luncheon. The wood engraving appeared in *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* in May 1868, when the Senate was sitting as a court for the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. Pictures like this reveal how much of Washington's business was also conducted over meals and conversation.

Created / published1868
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesIllus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1868 May 16, p. 137. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Eating...; Congress, U.S.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,218 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144462

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