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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

The Capitol at Washington

ArtistWilliam Russell Birch(1755-1834)

British, 1755 - 1834

Date1808
MediumHand-colored copper engraving
Dimensions9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (23.5 x 29.8 cm)
Mark(s)u.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.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.33.1
ClassificationPrint
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
On ViewNo
The Capitol at Washi…9.3 × 11.8 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 15× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.