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Capitol of Virginia, Richmond – Historic Print

Capitol of Virginia, Richmond, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
Capitol of Virginia, Richmond, [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving from the Richmond 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 antique engraving of Capitol of Virginia, Richmond brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Capitol of Virginia, Richmond

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The Virginia State Capitol, set on Shockoe Hill in Richmond, owes its form to Thomas Jefferson, who adapted the design from the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple in Nîmes, France, and had it built in the 1780s. This steel engraving renders the building from a drawing by W. Goodacre, Jr., and was printed by Fenner Sears & Co., a London firm that issued views like this for illustrated books and travel volumes. The record does not give a date, so the print's exact age is uncertain, but it shows how the neoclassical building was known to audiences beyond Virginia.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : steel engraving.
NotesSteel engraving by Fenner Sears & Co. after drawing by W. Goodacre, Jr. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,292 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159186

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