Antique Print of the United States Capitol by Johnson '1872'

Name: Antique Print of the United States Capitol by Johnson '1872'
Brand: A. J. Johnson
SKU: BG-12592-1
Price: 560 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1872
Maker: A. J. Johnson
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 36 × 45.5 cm (14.2 × 17.9 in)
Condition: Fair. General age-related toning, shows minor wear and creasing. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Washington, D.C.
Reference: BG-12592-1

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The United States Capitol seen from a distance across open ground, an original steel engraving from Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World, published in New York by A.J. Johnson in 1872. The plate is lettered "United States Capitol" beneath the image, with the copyright notice in small type below the margin.

The view shows the whole building at a distance: the great cast-iron dome at the center with its lantern and statue, the colonnaded central block with its pediment, and the long wings of the Senate and the House on either side, with steps rising to the porticos. The foreground is open ground crossed by many small figures in fashionable dress, with a horse-drawn carriage at left and strollers scattered across the lawn. The sky is full of heavy clouds, engraved with close line work.

The Capitol's present dome was finished in the 1860s during the Civil War, so the plate shows the building as it looked in the early 1870s.

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