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Fairfax Court House where G Ws will is kept – Vintage Print

Fairfax Court House where G Ws will is kept — historic drawing
Fairfax Court House where G Ws will is kept. Historic drawing from the Courthouses 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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This rare historic drawing captures Fairfax Court House where G Ws will is kept in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This drawing shows the Fairfax County courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, the building where George Washington's will was filed after his death in 1799. The original document has long been kept in the county's records, which tied the courthouse to the nation's first president in a way that drew local and national attention. The ink and color pencil rendering dates from around 1918, a period when interest in Washington's home region and its historic sites was growing. The artist's careful attention to the brick walls and the building's modest proportions gives a sense of how the courthouse looked as a working public building.

Medium1 drawing : ink and color pencil.
Notes[ca. 1918]
SubjectsFairfax Court House (Fairfax, Va.)--1910-1920. Courthouses--Viginia--Fairfax--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,000 × 4,017 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-224304

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