Title

The National Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA, 1855.Artist: AC Warren

Caption

The National Washington Monument, Washington DC, USA, 1855. Begun in 1848, the Washington Monument was not completed until 1884. The colonnade, which was intended to house statues of thirty heroes of the War of Independence in the original design, was never built. A print from the History and Topography of the United States of North America, by John Howard Hinton, Volume 2, Samuel Walker, Boston, 1855.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1855

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C21_251

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,7Mb) / 11,4in x 17,0in / 3424 x 5101 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature tree building buildings people architecture plant country monument Washington design District of Columbia obelisk colonnade location century commemorative Washington Monument tribute B&W MONOCHROME United States of America United States 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector TGN George engraving George Washington Washington John Howard Hinton Hinton John Howard AC Warren Warren AC John Howard Hinton George Washington engraving