Object Number 1983.0079

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

ELEVATION OF THE EASTERN FRONT OF THE / CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Charles Fenderich (Lithographer)
1805-1887

William A. Pratt (Draftsman)
1818-1879
William A. Pratt (1818-1879), Superintendent of Buildings at the University of Virginia from 1858 to 1865. Pratt had been involved in the site plan of Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery and in 1856 was instrumental in acquiring Paul Balze's copy of the painting of Raphael's School of Athens for the Rotunda Annex.

P. S. Duval and Son (Printer)
1857-1869
Firm located at Fifth and Minor Streets in Philadelphia.

G. William Fischer (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Washington, District of Columbia, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1839

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Lithographed by Cha.\s Fenderich, Wash.\n City.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Drawn by W.\m A. Pratt, Rural Archit.\t & Surveyor.
3. Inscription; Lower center; Printed by P.S. Duval Philad.\a
4. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; Published by G. William Fischer, Stationer's Hall Washington City

Subjects

Building view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

17.1 (H) , 22.6 (W) , 15.6 (Image H) , 19 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.4 (H) , 57.5 (W) , 15.6 (Image H) , 19 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Fischer, G. William

Publication Date

1839

Place of Publication

Washington, D.C., United States

Watermark

None

Object Description

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