View of Washington, 1852

Not on View

Medium

chromolithograph with watercolor additions on wove paper

Dimensions

image (trimmed): 45.72 × 68.58 cm (18 × 27 in.)

sheet (trimmed): 53.34 × 68.58 cm (21 × 27 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.779

Artists / Makers

Edward Sachse (artist) American, 1804 - 1873

E. Sachse & Co., active 1840s-1870s (printer)

E. Sachse & Co., active 1840s-1870s (publisher)

Image Use

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Inscription

Text at bottom on stone:
Drawn from nature and on stone by E. Sachse / Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1852 by E. Sachse & Co. in the Clerks office of the District Court / Lith and print in colors by E. Sachse & Company / View of Washington. / Published and sold by E. Sachse & Co. Baltimore Md.

Provenance

(C. J. Sloane and Co., Washington, DC); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1953; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

C.J. Sloane & Co.
Corcoran Gallery of Art