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Color print showing the Capitol, seen through trees, with text reading, “Three-color plates, by Bell Engraving Company. Printed by The Republican Publishing Company, Hamilton, Ohio, on King's Superfine, 25x38-100, made by King Paper Company, Kalamazoo, Mich. Inks made by Sigmund Ullman Company, New York.”/tiles/collection/6/6742.xml
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Color print showing the Capitol, seen through trees, with text reading, “Three-color plates, by Bell Engraving Company. Printed by The Republican Publishing Company, Hamilton, Ohio, on King's Superfine, 25x38-100, made by King Paper Company, Kalamazoo, Mich. Inks made by Sigmund Ullman Company, New York.”
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Date

1913

Maker

Bell Engraving Company

Publisher

The Republican Publishing Company

Dimensions

9 × 6 7/8 in. (22.9 × 17.5 cm) Framed: 17 × 14 1/8 in. (43.2 × 35.9 cm)

Accession Number

2009.088.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The Art Nouveau-inspired style of this book illustration is a departure from the more straightforward images of the Capitol featured in illustrated newspapers, not only in style but in content. At the turn of the 20th century, the McMillan Commission—a Congressional organization charged with urban improvement—undertook a massive effort to revitalize and beautify Washington, D.C. A particular achievement was moving the railroad depot off the National Mall and transforming the area into a unified park, thus providing leafy views of the Capitol, such as this one.

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