View of the suburbs of the city of Washington – Antique Photo Print
![View of the suburbs of the city of Washington, [ca. 1795] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cb/cb06620f89aa-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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View of the suburbs of the city of Washington 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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View of the suburbs of the city of Washington
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This aquatint is distinguished by its focus on the wharves and waterfront along the Potomac, rather than the streets or buildings of the planned capital. Around 1795, Georgetown was a busy tobacco and grain port that predated the federal city, which was only beginning to take shape nearby after 1791. The print's catalog record links it to Georgetown and to the 2002 exhibition "The View from Here: Images of Early Georgetown" at Dumbarton House, which suggests how such views helped record a working river town on the edge of a new capital.
| Created / published | [ca. 1795] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : aquatint. |
| Genre | Aquatints 1790-1800. |
| Notes | Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002. |
| Subjects | Wharves & piers--Washington (D.C.)--1790-1800. Waterfronts--Washington (D.C.)--1790-1800. Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--1790-1800. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,272 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109583 |
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