Top of the Washington Monument. Setting the capstone / Alex. Millar, del. – 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 Top of the Washington Monument. Setting the capstone / Alex. Millar, del. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Top of the Washington Monument. Setting the capstone / Alex. Millar, del.
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From a scaffold high on the shaft, this engraving shows workers setting the capstone atop the Washington Monument, the final stone of the obelisk. Construction began in 1848, stalled for years after 1854, and resumed in 1876 under the Army Corps of Engineers, so the summit represented decades of delay. Alexander Millar, who copyrighted the print in Washington, D.C., dated it February 1885, weeks before the monument's dedication, and it captures the precarious, nearly finished stage of the work.
| Created / published | c1885 Feb. 2. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Q1787 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyright by Alexander Millar, Washington, D.C. |
| Subjects | Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1890. Construction--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890. Scaffolding--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890. Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,372 × 4,726 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-211311 |
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