Image of an eye-level street view of architect Robert Mills' design for the Washington National Monument with onlookers in the foreground, and the United States Capitol and the city of Washington, D.C., in the distance; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of President George Washington at bottom centered; blank contribution form and printed endorsement in the bottom margin with eight signatures of Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, John Quincy Adams, Albert Gallatin, Daniel Webster, and others, printed in bottom margin. "Design by Robt Mills Arch."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress for the year 1846, by [Ch. Fenderich in the Clerks Office of the district Court of the District of Columbia]."--text, bottom margin centered. "And Lithd. by Chas. Fenderich, Washt."--text, bottom right margin. "Base of Pantheon 250ft Diameter : height 100ft of Obelisk 500ft."--text, bottom left margin. "__has contributed : $__ to the erection of this Monument : __ Agent"--form text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 63.82 x 45.4 cm (25 1/8 x 17 7/8 in.)
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--Pictorial works Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--Pictorial works Washington, George, 1732-1799--Pictorial works Architecture--Details--Pictorial works Founding Fathers of the United States--Pictorial works Monuments--Designs and plans--Pictorial works Statues--Pictorial works Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size South The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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