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Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress / Peter Lacour delin. ; A. Doolittle sculpt. – Historic Print

Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress / Peter Lacour delin. ; A. Doolittle sculpt., 2000 — historic photograph
Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress / Peter Lacour delin. ; A. Doolittle sculpt., 2000. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress / Peter Lacour delin. ; A. Doolittle sculpt. comes to life in this historic photograph, 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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Federal Hall, The Seat of Congress / Peter Lacour delin. ; A. Doolittle sculpt.

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Federal Hall in New York City, the building where George Washington took the presidential oath on April 30, 1789, is the subject of this view. The image is a photograph of an 1790 copper engraving, drawn by Peter Lacour and engraved by Amos Doolittle, who printed and sold it from New Haven, Connecticut. At the time, the building was the meeting place of the first Congress under the new Constitution, and the federal government moved to Philadelphia in 1790. The engraving records a civic landmark at a brief but important moment in the young republic's history.

Created / published2000
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 2000.Engravings 1790 Reproductions 2000.
NotesPrinted and sold by A. Doolittle, New Haven, 1790. Photograph of 1790 copper engraving in the private collection of Louis Alan Talley, Washington, D.C.
SubjectsWashington, George,--1732-1799--Inauguration, 1789. City & town halls--New York (State)--New York--1780-1790.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,307 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-202400

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