Caption

Lithograph from 1846 by Charles Fenderich based on the original but never fully realized design by architect Robert Mills for the Washington Monument. For reasons of cost and due to changed plans, the round portico at the foot was finally omitted, so that today only the famous, simple obelisk stands in Washington, D.C., American history, authentic, digitally restored reproduction in high resolution from a 19th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

Date

Aug 18, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26I14_394

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

201.2Mb (67.1Mb) / 24.5in x 31.9in / 7337 x 9584 (300dpi)

Keywords

no people black old-fashioned obsolete date corridor Memorial hall pillar building history design drawing accurate North America USA obelisk America classic illustration round American digital antiquity historic natural famous state simple restored contemporary nostalgia drawn retro conception architect high US-American authentic woodcut restoration former nostalgic complete monument vintage sketch plan printing method Washington Monument portico replication 19th century Historic illustration Wood engraving deserted oldfashioned outdated passage Monument column structure precise United States of America Obelisk monument classical ancient times historical original renowned plain Retro style tall real xylograph reconstruction fully pillar hall nineteenth century Historical illustration nobody old fashioned antiquated walkway Memorial site construction exact United States famed concept realistic woodprint columned hall reproduction 1900s outmoded out of date aisle US-America framing genuine colonade replica colonnade copy pillared dates corridors Memorials halls pillars buildings drawings obelisks illustrations digitally Altertum states conceptions architects woodcuts restorations formerly monuments plans printing methods porticoes 19th-century Historic illustrations passages columns classically historically originally designs reconstructions pillar halls Historical illustrations constructions concepts replicas no one on black Walk historical image history image history images restoration work vintage-styled