Assembling of Congress, Hall of Representatives, Washington City, December 3, 1860 – Historic 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 engraving captures Assembling of Congress, Hall of Representatives, Washington City, December 3, 1860 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Assembling of Congress, Hall of Representatives, Washington City, December 3, 1860
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The record places this engraving on the floor of the House of Representatives in Washington on December 3, 1860, the day Congress reconvened for its session in the midst of the secession crisis that followed Abraham Lincoln's election. It appeared in Harper's Weekly on December 15, 1860, a New York illustrated newspaper that relied on wood engravings to give readers views of national events they could not see firsthand. Worth noticing is the crowded chamber itself: members, galleries, and onlookers were gathered at a moment when the Union was visibly fracturing, and the image records the room as it looked at that tense opening of the session.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860.Wood engravings 1860. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1860 Dec. 15, p. 793. |
| Subjects | United States.--Congress.--House. Legislative bodies--United States--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,015 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170003 |
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