Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Design Of The Washington National Monument To Be Erected In The City Of Washington
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Robert Mills's proposed design for the Washington National Monument shows a tall obelisk rising above a ringed colonnade, a far grander plan than the plain shaft that was eventually built. The lithograph, printed in Washington and tinted by hand, carries the line "Earnestly recommended to the favor of our countrymen" above the signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, John Quincy Adams, and others. That wording and the list of names suggest the sheet was meant to win public support for a project that the Washington National Monument Society had been struggling to fund since the 1830s.
| 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 | 1,028 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111785 |
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