Statue of Washington by Houdon, Capitol building, Richmond, Va. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Statue of Washington by Houdon, Capitol building, Richmond, Va., c[1908] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c3/c38967bc4406-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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A window into the past: Statue of Washington by Houdon, Capitol building, Richmond, Va., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Statue of Washington by Houdon, Capitol building, Richmond, Va.
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The statue at the center of this view is Jean-Antoine Houdon's marble likeness of George Washington, which stands inside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond. Houdon worked from life at Mount Vernon in 1785, and the finished figure was placed in the building designed by Thomas Jefferson, making it one of the earliest public tributes to Washington. This glass negative, made around 1908 by the Detroit Publishing Company, records the chamber as it looked in the early twentieth century, when the company traveled the country documenting landmarks and scenic places.
| Created / published | c[1908] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | G 5364" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071022. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Statues. Capitols. Sculpture. Interiors.United States--Virginia--Richmond. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 812 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-72428 |
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