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A colored print showing the East Front of the Capitol, beneath a partly cloudy sky, around 1850. Groups of colorfully dressed people on foot, horseback, and in carriages, are visible on the sparse grounds near the Capitol./tiles/collection/5/5559.xml
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A colored print showing the East Front of the Capitol, beneath a partly cloudy sky, around 1850. Groups of colorfully dressed people on foot, horseback, and in carriages, are visible on the sparse grounds near the Capitol.
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Date

ca. 1840

Artist

H[enry] Brown

Publisher

Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen Eigenthum der Verlager

Dimensions

7 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (18.4 x 27.3 cm)

Accession Number

2005.175.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This hand-colored steel engraving from a German publication appears to be modeled after the illustration “Principle Front of the Capitol” from William Bartlett’s publication American Scenery. The East Front—at the time, considered the grand entrance to the building—is shown here, with the dome and wings completed but the grounds still bare. The widespread reproduction of Bartlett’s images indicates the authority they assumed in disseminating information about the United States abroad.

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