Washington, D.C. and U.S. Capitol from Harper’s Weekly by Theodore R. Davis, 1882 (pair)

A rare matching pair of original 19th-century Harper’s Weekly hand-colored wood engravings by Theodore Russell Davis (1840–1894), documenting Washington, D.C.'s remarkable transformation in the post-Civil War era. The pair includes “Washington City, D.C.” (March 13, 1869), a sweeping view looking across the city toward the U.S. Capitol, and “Our National Capitol, Viewed from the South” (May 20, 1882), depicting the...

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