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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
The Capitol at Washington
Photography by Edward C. Robison III

The Capitol at Washington

Artist (British, 1755 - 1834)
Date1808
MediumHand-colored copper engraving
Dimensionssheet: 9 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (23.5 × 29.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.33.1
Accession number 2006.33.1
On View
Not on view
Provenance(William Reese Company, New Haven, CT, William Reese Collection of American Color Plate Books); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006


Markingsu.c.: The / Country Seats of the United States of North America / with some Scenes connected with them.
l.c.: The Capitol at Washington / Designed and Published by W. Birch, Enamel Painter, Springland near Bristol, Pennsylva. 1808.