The Capitol at Washington

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The Capitol at Washington
The Capitol at Washington
Artist/Maker
Publisher (American, fl. 1845 - 1862)
Dateunknown
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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Additional Details

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.
Markings None noted.
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.
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. April 14th, 1865
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C. April 14th, 1865
Unknown artist
Date: published 1865
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Object number: 1959.8
The Tomb of Washington: Mount Vernon VA
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Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.87
Photo by John Bentham.
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George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.105
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Honoré Daumier
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Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1984.42
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Summer Afternoon
Currier & Ives
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.83
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Currier & Ives
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.39
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Louis Maurer
Date: Publ. 1856
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1949.2
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Currier & Ives
Date: Publ. 1862
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.56
Photo by John Bentham.
Wi-Jun-Jon, plate 25 from the "North American Indian Portfolio"
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.127
Photo by John Bentham.
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George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.123
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Currier & Ives
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Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.6
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John Cameron
Date: published 1870
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.7