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View of Washington – Historic Photograph Print

View of Washington — historic image
View of Washington. Historic image from the U.S. Capitol collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

View of Washington comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

View of Washington

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Titled simply *View of Washington*, this picture presents the city as a whole rather than a single building, which sets it apart from the Capitol views on this board. L'Enfant's 1791 plan laid out the capital with the Capitol on Jenkins Hill as its anchor, but for much of the 19th century the city remained a spread-out town of broad avenues and open ground. Printmakers produced many such panoramas to show the seat of government as a place still under construction, and they are useful for seeing how the Capitol related to the streets and landscape around it.

Original scan3,900 × 2,588 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Reference1850 03315u

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