[Capitol exterior, west front from terrace] – Antique Print
![[Capitol exterior, west front from terrace], [between 1853 and 1878] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2ce5c5993618-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Capitol exterior, west front from terrace]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Capitol exterior, west front from terrace]
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Taken from the terrace, this view shows the west front of the United States Capitol, the side that faced the Mall and the city below before the building's later expansions. The print is a salted paper photograph, an early process that gives images a soft, warm tone, and it survives in an album assembled by Benjamin Brown French, who held federal building posts in Washington during the years the Capitol was being enlarged and its dome was rising. Its date range, from 1853 to 1878, places it in that period of construction, when the building was a changing symbol of the young nation's government.
| Created / published | [between 1853 and 1878] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 19 x 24 cm. |
| Notes | In album: Benjamin Brown French Photographs |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1850-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,211 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158052 |
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