Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn – Antique Print
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn
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Few early views of the capital were printed with captions in three languages, and this hand-colored lithograph from Nathaniel Currier's New York shop titles its scene in English, French and German. It looks across Washington from the grounds of the President's House, the building later known as the White House. In 1848 the city was still sparse, and the Washington Monument was rising slowly and remained unfinished, so the print offers a useful glimpse of an unfinished capital. Its bright hand coloring was typical of Currier's inexpensive views, which were made for a broad popular market.
| Created / published | New York : Published by N. Currier, c1848. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Artist: R. (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7068 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,226 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175253 |
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