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View of the Battle Monument, Baltimore – Historic Photograph Print

View of the Battle Monument, Baltimore, 1828 — historic drawing
View of the Battle Monument, Baltimore, 1828. Historic drawing from the Mid-Atlantic 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: View of the Battle Monument, Baltimore, preserved in this historic drawing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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View of the Battle Monument, Baltimore

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Rising above the streets of Baltimore, the Battle Monument honors the residents who defended the city during the British assault of September 1814, the engagement that ended the British advance on the city and inspired Francis Scott Key's "Defence of Fort M'Henry." Architect Maximilian Godefroy designed the fluted Doric column, which was completed in 1825 and is one of the earliest large monuments to the War of 1812. John Rubens Smith, an English-born topographical artist working in America, drew this view in 1828, with pencil and blue and gray wash, recording a civic landmark only a few years old and the everyday life of the city around it.

Created / published1828
Medium1 drawing : pencil, blue and gray wash.
GenreDrawings Hand-colored 1820-1830.
NotesJohn Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4105-L.
SubjectsBaltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814--Monuments. Monuments & memorials--Maryland--Baltimore--1820-1830. City & town life--Maryland--Baltimore--1820-1830.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,135 × 1,441 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217651

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