Capture of 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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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Capture of the city of Washington. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Capture of the city of Washington
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Published in London in 1815, this engraving shows the British capture of Washington in August 1814, when British forces entered the young American capital and set fire to its public buildings, including the Capitol and the President's House. Its origin in an English history book matters: the plate was issued as an illustration in Rapin's *History of England*, so it presents the event from the British side rather than as an American account. Prints like this one were widely circulated in Britain and helped shape how readers there understood the war with the United States.
| Created / published | London : J.J. Gundee, 1815. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1810-1820. |
| Notes | Title from item. From Rapin's History of England, published 1815. |
| Subjects | United States--History--War of 1812--Campaigns--Washington (D.C.) United States--History--War of 1812--Destruction & pillage--British--Washington (D.C.) Military personnel--British--Washington (D.C.)--1810-1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,114 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110554 |
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