View of Richmond from Church Hill – Antique Photo Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: View of Richmond from Church Hill, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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View of Richmond from Church Hill
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Church Hill rises above the James River on the east side of Richmond, and this view looks down over the city from that height, a vantage that made the hill a natural lookout from the colonial period onward. Richmond became the capital of Virginia in 1780, and the city's growth along the river and its falls shaped the streets and rooftops visible in views like this one. Scenes from high ground such as this were popular with artists and engravers in the 19th century, who used them to show a growing river town to readers far beyond Virginia. Look closely at the river edge and the building clusters to see how commerce and the waterfront organized the city's life.
| Original scan | 9,244 × 6,637 px · prints to 31 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02597u |
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