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The City of Washington: Birds-Eye View from the Potomac—Looking North – Vintage Print

The City of Washington: Birds-Eye View from the Potomac—Looking North, 1880 — antique lithograph
The City of Washington: Birds-Eye View from the Potomac—Looking North, 1880. Antique lithograph from the U.S. Capitol 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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The City of Washington: Birds-Eye View from the Potomac—Looking North

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From a vantage point over the Potomac, this color lithograph looks north across the city, with the Capitol set at the center of the view. Charles R. Parsons drew the scene for Currier & Ives, the New York firm famous for popular views of American cities. In 1880 the Washington Monument was still unfinished, its shaft rising slowly on the Mall after work had stalled for two decades, so the print captures the capital during a period of ongoing building.

Created / published1880
Mediumprint, lithograph, color, 58.5 x 84.5 cm
NotesC.R. Parsons. New York: Currier & Ives
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,144 × 2,856 px · prints to 14 × 10 in at 300 dpi
Reference1880 00668u view of washington

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