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Freedom to Surmount the Capitol of U. States – Antique Wall Art

Freedom to Surmount the Capitol of U. States, Jan. 1863 — historic photograph
Freedom to Surmount the Capitol of U. States, Jan. 1863. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol collection.

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Freedom to Surmount the Capitol of U. States. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Freedom to Surmount the Capitol of U. States

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The title points to the statue meant to crown the Capitol, Thomas Crawford's bronze *Freedom*, which was designed for the top of the dome while that dome was still going up in the early 1860s. The figure was cast in sections at a foundry on the Capitol grounds and raised into place in December 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, when a statue of liberty over the seat of a divided government carried obvious weight. Stereo cards like this one were popular in the 1860s, and their paired images gave viewers a three-dimensional look at public sights such as the national capital.

Created / publishedJan. 1863
Mediumphotographic print on stereo card, stereograph, albumen
NotesTitian Peale
Original scan2,525 × 1,488 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference2s01477u

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