Washington, D.C. - present condition of the Washington Monument, on the baseball ground, near the White House / sketched by Frank Schell. – 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 Washington, D.C. - present condition of the Washington Monument, on the baseball ground, near the White House / sketched by Frank Schell.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Washington, D.C. - present condition of the Washington Monument, on the baseball ground, near the White House / sketched by Frank Schell.
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Few pictures show the Washington Monument as it stood in the mid-1870s, when its shaft rose only partway and stopped. Frank Schell's sketch places the unfinished stonework on the open ballground near the White House, where local teams played while the monument waited. Construction had slowed after private donations dried up and the Washington National Monument Society ran short of money, leaving a truncated obelisk that became a symbol of delay. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper published the engraving in its December 12, 1874, issue, and it is worth noticing for how plainly it shows a national memorial still half-built.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1874 Dec. 12, p. 233. |
| Subjects | Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1870-1880. Construction--Washington (D.C.)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,704 × 2,376 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184801 |
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