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The House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Print

The House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1866 — antique lithograph
The House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1866. Antique lithograph 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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A window into the past: The House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., preserved in this antique lithograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

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The chamber shown here is the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol, a room that by 1866 had already seen the country pass through secession, civil war, and the first steps of Reconstruction. This color lithograph from 1866 presents the body as a formal, orderly assembly, the kind of view that was popular with nineteenth-century audiences eager to see the seat of national lawmaking. The House had been meeting in its chamber in the south wing of the Capitol since 1857, and its members were debating some of the most contentious questions in American politics, including the terms for readmitting the former Confederate states. Notice how the lithographer tried to convey both the room's grandeur and the crowded galleries above the floor.

Created / published1866
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreLithographs Color 1860-1870.
NotesExhibit loan 4106-L.
SubjectsUnited States.--Congress.--House--1860-1870. Legislators--United States--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,100 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110360

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