Reproduction of an 1837 print "View of the Capitol at Washington" engraved by C.J. Bentley after the work of W. H. Bartlett and published in N. P. Willis's American Scenery;... (London: George Virtue, 1837). Shows the Capitol building with the Bulfinch dome that was removed in 1856. Also shows street and pedestrian traffic, including horse-drawn carriages, a man on horseback, and a group of Black men and women in non-European attire in the foreground. Reconstruction of the Capitol building after the designs of Charles Bulfinch was completed in 1826., Title from label., Date inferred from content and active dates of the photographer., Gift of Sandra Markham.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
[ca. 1895]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Rau - United States [P.2006.21.1]
View of the Union military training camp outside of Washington, D.C. Shows rows of tents and tethered horses. Includes soldiers on horseback and a female peddler., Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events.
Creator
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.)
Date
c1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - P [5779.F.23]
View of the Union military training camp outside of Washington, D.C. Shows rows of tents and tethered horses. Includes soldiers on horseback and a female peddler., Contains printed gilt frame around image., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War Views, Places & Events.
Creator
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.)
Date
c1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Military Camps - P [5779.F.23]
