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[Exterior of the White House, Washington, D.C.] / H.H. Nichols, sc. – Antique Print

[Exterior of the White House, Washington, D.C.] / H.H. Nichols, sc., c1874. — antique engraving
[Exterior of the White House, Washington, D.C.] / H.H. Nichols, sc., c1874.. 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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[Exterior of the White House, Washington, D.C.] / H.H. Nichols, sc.

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This engraving shows the White House's exterior in the mid-1870s, when Ulysses S. Grant was president and the building was roughly seventy years past its rebuilding after the British burned it in 1814. Wood engravings like this one were widely reproduced in illustrated newspapers and magazines of the period, so the image would have reached readers who had never visited Washington. The record credits H.H. Nichols as engraver and notes a copyright held by D. B. R. Keim, which places the print within the commercial trade in city views that flourished after the Civil War.

Created / publishedc1874.
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreWood engravings 1870-1880.
NotesCopyright by DeB. R. Keim.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1870-1880. Official residences--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,274 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187268

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