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An exterior view of the U. S. Capitol building with people walking around it and a small eagle and a banner with E Pluribus Unum above the plate.
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Title: Principal Front of the Capitol, Washington (The New York Albion)
Artist and engraver:
Henry Samuel Sadd (British, London 1810–1893 Melbourne, Australia)
Artist:
After William Henry Bartlett (British, London 1809–1854 at sea)
Artist:
Archibald L. Dick (American, Scotland 1805–1855 New York)
Printer:
J. Dalton (American, active 1840–53)
Date: 1848
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 11 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (28.5 × 41.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/16 × 19 7/16 in. (39.2 × 49.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Harriet McDonald, 1941
Accession Number: 41.91.247
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