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Title
View of Washington city
Creator
E. Sachse & Co., printer
Field, B. W., publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1867
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of an elevated landscape view of the United States Capitol building prominently in the foreground with street traffic, and the city of Washington, D.C., with the Washington Monument and the Potomac River, in the background.
"Lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore Md."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1867 by E. Sachse & Co. Balto. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Md."--text, bottom margin centered. "Published by B.W. Field, New York."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 51.12 x 70.8 cm (20 1/8 x 27 7/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_VIEW_000580
399935
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1315
Language
English
Subject
Potomac River--Pictorial works
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--Pictorial works
Washington (D.C.)--Pictorial works
Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Washington Monument (Washington, D.C.)--Pictorial works
Architecture--Details--Pictorial works
Cities and towns--Pictorial works
Public buildings--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (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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