N. E. View of the United States Capitol. Proof

by Henry Sartain, engraver

$2,500 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Philadelphia: Printed by Ja me s. Irving, No. 728 Sansom St., 1863. Steel engraving, 15.15” x 26.65”, on sheet, 20” x 30”. CONDITION: Very good, light wear. A splendid view of the U.S. Capitol building published while it was undergoing expansion in the midst of the Civil War, but showing it as the printmakers thought it would appear when completed. As the engraving was made before the new dome was finished its proportions as

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