Richmond, Va., looking westward – Historic Reproduction
![Richmond, Va., looking westward, [1865 April, printed later]. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b0/b0c94f311b68-L.webp)
(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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Richmond, Va., looking westward comes to life in this historic photograph, 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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Richmond, Va., looking westward
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Few views capture the aftermath of the Confederate capital's fall as directly as this one. Taken in April 1865, when Union forces had just entered Richmond, Virginia, it looks west across the city from a high vantage point and forms the left half of a wider panorama. The photograph was printed later on albumen paper, the standard process of the period, and it preserves the skyline and street grid of a city that had spent four years as the seat of the Confederacy.
| Created / published | [1865 April, printed later]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen silver. |
| Subjects | Left side of panorama. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Richmond, Va. (Civil War Views); Shelf.; Civil War--Misc.; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,166 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136954 |
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