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Das Capitol in Washington

Hand-colored print showing the Capitol’s East Front with the small Bulfinch dome. On the grass, a few people walk and one man rides on horseback. The Caption reads, “750. Das Capitol in Washington.”/tiles/collection/8/8834.xml
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Hand-colored print showing the Capitol’s East Front with the small Bulfinch dome. On the grass, a few people walk and one man rides on horseback. The Caption reads, “750. Das Capitol in Washington.”
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Date

ca. 1840

Dimensions

6 3/8 x 7 13/16 in. (16.2 x 19.8 cm)

Accession Number

2007.334.004

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This wood engraving of the East Front of the Capitol building was part of an unknown German publication. but the source was likely William Goodacre's Principal Front of the Capitol Washington (1831). Many European publications relied on a few well-circulated images of the two sides of the buildling. The engraving depicts the original façade of the Capitol building, completed in 1828 by Charles Bulfinch.

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