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Neptune's Fountain, Library of Congress (West Front), Washington, D.C. – Antique Wall Art

Neptune's Fountain, Library of Congress (West Front), Washington, D.C. — historic photograph
Neptune's Fountain, Library of Congress (West Front), Washington, D.C.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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A window into the past: Neptune's Fountain, Library of Congress (West Front), Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Neptune's Fountain, Library of Congress (West Front), Washington, D.C.

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Sculptor Roland Hinton Perry's Neptune Fountain stands on the grounds of the Library of Congress, and this view looks toward its west front, where the monumental Jefferson Building had opened only a few years earlier. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many color prints of American landmarks around 1898, recorded the scene with the photochrom process, which gave the stone and water a soft, painterly look. The card attached to the print is old and not fully verified, but the picture still shows how the new Washington cityscape was presented to tourists and the public at the turn of the century.

Medium1 photographic print : color.
Notesc1898.
SubjectsPhotograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. 53243. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sculpture--Perry; DC, Wash.--Fountains; DC, Wash.--L.C.--Exterior; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,137 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134564

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