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[The White House, Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

[The White House, Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1840] — historic print
[The White House, Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1840]. Historic print from the White House collection.

(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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[The White House, Washington, D.C.] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[The White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Hardly any American building is more recognizable than the house shown here, though in 1840 it was still usually called the President's House. Built of sandstone in the 1790s from a design by James Hoban, it was gutted by fire when British troops burned Washington in 1814 and then rebuilt. Etchings like this one, with their fine lines bitten into a metal plate, helped spread views of the capital to people who would never visit it. The name "White House" was informal for much of the 1800s and was not made official until 1901.

Created / published[ca. 1840]
Medium1 print : etching.
GenreEtchings 1840.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1890. Official residences--Washington (D.C.)--1840.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,040 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128354

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