Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington – Historic Print
(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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Step back in time with Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington
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Few early designs for the Washington Monument reached print with as much official endorsement as this one, which carries the signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, John Quincy Adams, and others beneath the line "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen." Robert Mills, the architect, proposed a tall obelisk set on a circular colonnade, a design that differed from the plainer shaft ultimately built. The Washington National Monument Society, formed in 1833 to honor George Washington, was still raising money when this lithograph appeared around 1846, and such endorsements helped sell the project to the public. Charles Fenderich's tinted print shows how the monument was meant to look long before construction began.
| Created / published | c. 1846 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print, lithograph, tinted |
| Notes | Robert Mills, architecht. Lithograph by Charles Fenderich, Washington.Includes printed inscription: "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" with signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, John Quincy Adams, and others |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,954 × 3,800 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 03189u |
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