Capitol at Washington
c. 1850
Publisher, American, 1813 - 1888
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.48 × 31.75 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
sheet: 31.75 × 42.55 cm (12 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.801
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Catalogue Raisonné
Reilly 1984, no. 885
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
Progress of An American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963
1982
Washington on the Potomac, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, p. 6
Bibliography
1970
Conningham, Frederic A. Currier and Ives Prints: An Illustrated Check List. New York: Crown Publishers, 1970, p. 43, no. 793.
1984
Reilly, Bernard F., Jr. Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonné: A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Lithographs of Nathaniel Currier, James Merrit Ives and Charles Currier, including Ephemera Associated with the Firm, 1834-1907, volume 1. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1984, p. 91, no. 0885.
Inscriptions
Text at bottom of stone:
Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier. / 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce N.Y. / Capitol at Washington / 612.
Wikidata ID
Q77008924