| Creator |
Cremer, James, 1821-1893. |
| Contributor |
Latrobe, Benajmin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
|
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect. |
|
Schoenborn, August, ca. 1827-1902, architect. |
|
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
| Title |
Capitol at Washington, 1857. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Published by Cremer & Co., South Eighth St |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1868 |
| Date |
1857 [but published ca. 1868] |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3.25 x 6.75 in.) |
| Description |
Faded view showing the United States Capitol building with a canal in the foreground. Also shows a docked rowboat and piles
of lumber stacked on the ground nearby. Capitol building built 1793-1829 after the designs of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Charles
Bulfinch and the current dome and the House and Senate wing extensions by Thomas U. Walter and August Schoenborn in the 1850s.
|
| Notes |
Publication date inferred from color and style of mount. |
|
Title from manuscript note on verso. |
|
Publisher's label pasted on verso. |
|
Green mount with rounded corners. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
United States Capitol (Washington, D. C.) |
|
United States. Congress. House -- Buildings. |
|
Canals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1850-1860. |
|
Albumen prints -- 1850-1860. |
| Associated name |
Latrobe, Benajmin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. |
| Associated name |
Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844, architect. |
| Associated name |
Schoenborn, August, ca. 1827-1902, architect. |
| Associated name |
Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Government Buildings [P.8643.3] |
| Accession number |
P.8643.3 |
