The Capitol at Washington

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The Capitol at Washington
The Capitol at Washington
Publisher (American, 1845 – 1862)
Date1845-1962
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/8 × 11 1/2 in. (20.7 × 29.2 cm) Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 3/8 in. (29.5 × 39.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891, 1959
Object number1959.18
Not on view
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Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.).

Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 794
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "Pub. at C. Currier's," at lower left in typeset in black ink; "33 Spruce St. N.Y." at lower right in typeset in black ink; "THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "7" at lower left in pencil; "CNY" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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