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Embarkation of Pilgrims at Delft-Haven painting in Capitol – Antique Print

Embarkation of Pilgrims at Delft-Haven painting in Capitol — historic photograph
Embarkation of Pilgrims at Delft-Haven painting in Capitol. Historic photograph 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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Step back in time with Embarkation of Pilgrims at Delft-Haven painting in Capitol, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Embarkation of Pilgrims at Delft-Haven painting in Capitol

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Rather than a view of the building itself, this glass negative records a painting inside the Capitol: Robert W. Weir's *Embarkation of the Pilgrims at Delft-Haven*. Weir finished the canvas for the Rotunda in the early 1840s, as part of a series of large historical scenes meant to present the nation's origins in paint. It shows the Leiden congregation leaving the Dutch port in 1620, on the voyage that would lead to Plymouth. The National Photo Company, whose glass-plate negatives document Washington's landmarks in the early twentieth century, made the record.

Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. A key to this print is in LOT 11507. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,340 × 5,098 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-261771

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