Top of the Washington Monument. Setting the capstone / Alex. Millar, del. – Vintage 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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Top of the Washington Monument. Setting the capstone / Alex. Millar, del. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Top of the Washington Monument. Setting the capstone / Alex. Millar, del.
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High on the shaft, not at its base, this engraving shows workers setting the capstone, the pointed top that finished the obelisk. Alexander Millar, a Washington, D.C., engraver, drew the scene, and the copyright date of early February 1885 places it just before the monument's dedication later that month. The capstone had been set in December 1884, so the print records the final stage of construction. Its scaffolding and rigging suggest how precarious the work was more than 500 feet above the city.
| 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 | 751 × 927 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-211311 |
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