Capitol at Washington, c. 1850

Not on View

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

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.)

Reilly 1984, no. 885

2015.19.801

Nathaniel Currier (publisher) American, 1813 - 1888

Text at bottom of stone:
Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier. / 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce N.Y. / Capitol at Washington / 612.

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Old Print Shop

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

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.