Title

Old Capitol Prison, Washington, 1861/65. Creator: William R. Pywell.

Caption

Old Capitol Prison, Washington, 1861/65. [Scene from the American Civil War: building which served as the temporary Capitol of the United States from 1815 to 1819, and was later used as a prison]. Albumen print, pl. 90 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, volume ii" (1866).

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B05_476

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,2Mb (2,2Mb) / 16,5in x 13,0in / 4960 x 3892 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building architecture arts country law art crime Washington photography war Washington DC District of Columbia prison location century gallery concept B&W washington d.c. art gallery penitentiary United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W albumen print American Civil War nineteenth century American America USA TGN outside photograph landscape united states Alexander Gardner Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art albumen silver print Alexander Gardner Old Capitol Prison 19th-century Art Institute Chicago William R. Pywell Pywell William R. Pywell William Redish William Redish Pywell William Redish Redish William