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Auction 186, Lot 257

"City of Washington", Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Subject: Washington, D.C.

Period: 1850 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
15.6 x 12.5 inches
39.6 x 31.8 cm
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This finely engraved plan of the Capital names all major streets and buildings; notably, the President's House, the Smithsonian Institute, and the Navy Yard. The Mall is mostly blank, but the Washington Monument Reservation is present along the Potomac River. An extensive table at lower left lists and keys 107 important buildings to the map. Features a decorative scroll-style border with an engraved vignette depicting the "Plan of the Principal Floor of the Capitol." Marked page "16" at lower right outside the neatline.

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Condition: B+

There are a few faint spots in the image and minor stains confined to the top blank margin. Light toning is confined to the sheet's edges.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/9/2022

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