Washington, D.C., Sights Before 1850: A Select List of Images

1. Description: "Washington." Black and white aquatint by George Isham Parkyns. Published 1795 by James Harrison of New York. Location: Original in P&P PGA-D-Parkyns, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-15170 (black & white film copy negative)

2. Description: "View of the Suburbs [Georgetown] of the City of Washington." Black and white aquatint by George Isham Parkyns, ca. 1795. Location: Original in P&P PGA-B-Parkyns, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-34. Reproduction number:LC-USZ62-1750 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC2-1327 (color film copy slide)

3. Description: "Washington in 1800." (Note: poplars were planted in 1803). Black and white wood engraving from A System of Universal Geography, Vol. 2 (between pp. 222 & 223) by Conrad Malte-Brun (Boston, Samuel Walker, 1834). Location: Original in G115.M27 (plate missing from LC copies), reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction number: LC-USA7-35646 (black & white film negative); LC-USZ62-102054 (black & white film copy negative)

4. Description: "A View of the Capitol of Washington before it was burnt down by the British" [showing the north wing and the distant city.] Watercolor by William Birch, ca. 1800. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Birch, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-6BA. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-1804 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-247 (color film copy transparency)

5. Description:"George Town and Federal City, or City of Washington." Color aquatint by T. Cartwright of London after George Beck of Philadelphia. Published 1801 by Atkins & Nightingale of London and Philadelphia. Location: Original in P&P PGA-C-Cartwright, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-4702 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-530 (color film copy transparency)

6. Description: [View from Blodgett's Hotel to the White House.] Black and white photograph, ca. 1898, of a watercolor, ca. 1803, by Nicholas King in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Location: Reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-48766 (black & white film copy negative made in 1973 of a contact photograph from a glass copy negative made by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1898, now broken)

7. Description: [U.S. Capitol, east front.] Watercolor by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1806. Location: Original in P&P ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 13 (D size); reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-6CFA. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-37197 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-1090 (color film copy transparency)

8. Description: [U.S. Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue before 1814.] Ink, wash, and gouache drawing. Unattributed (formerly attributed to Benjamin Henry Latrobe; "B.H.L." appears on drawing), ca. 1819. Location: Original in Rare Book Reading Room (NA4411.U27 1814); reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-6BA. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-4538 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-227 (color film copy transparency)

9. Description: "The Taking of the City of Washington in America." Black and white engraving published 1814 by G. Thompson of West Smithfield. Location: Original in P&P PGA-C-Thompson, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-25. Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-4555 (color film copy transparency); LC-USZ62-1939 (black & white film copy negative)

10. Description: "A View of the President's House in the City of Washington after the Conflagration of the 24th, August 1814." Color aquatint by William Strickland after George Munger, ca. 1814. Location: Original in P&P PGA-B-Strickland, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-59G. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-7578 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-405 (color film copy transparency)

11. Description: "A View of the Capitol of the United States after the Conflagration of the 24th August 1814." Color aquatint by William Strickland after George Munger, ca. 1814. Location: Original in P&P PGA-B-Strickland, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-6D. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-1802 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-408 (color film copy transparency)

12. Description: "West Front of the Capitol of the United States" [showing the poplar-lined Pennsylvania Avenue and commemorating the Marquis de Lafayette's 1824 visit to the Capitol.] Black and white photograph, ca. 1910s-20s, of a painting, 1824, by Charles Burton in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Location: Photograph in P&P LOT 12663, reference copies in P&P LOT 4386-6CFA and 51. Reproduction number:LC-USZ62-125087 (black & white film copy negative)

13. Description:"The Capitol. Washington D.C. West Front from the City Hall." Sketched and drawn by Thomas Doughty. Black and white lithograph published 1832 by Childs & Inman of Philadelphia. Location: Original in P&P PGA-A-Childs, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-51545 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-5760 (color film copy transparency)

14. Description: "City of Washington From beyond the Navy Yard." Color aquatint by William James Bennett after George Cooke. Published 1834 by Lewis P. Clover of New York. Location: Original in P&P PGA-C-Bennett, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-2737 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-480 (color film copy transparency)

15. Description: "View of the City of Washington...from Arlington House..." Black and white lithograph by Fitz Hugh Lane after P[eter?] Anderson. Published by T[homas?] Moore's Lithography, Boston. Copyrighted 1838 by P[eter?] Anderson. Location: Original in P&P PGA-D-Lane, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-09301 (digital file from original print) LC-USZ62-15281 (black & white film copy negative)

16. Description: "Canal, Potomac river. Georgetown D.C." Gray and sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 4, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-34. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-24236 (black & white film copy negative)

17. Description: "Potomac River. Chain bridge at Little Falls." Sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 6, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-4. Reproduction number: LC-USZ61-1344 (black & white film copy negative)

18. Description: "Bank of Columbia, Georgetown. D.C." Watercolor by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 8, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-14. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-110976 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-5634 (color film copy transparency)

19. Description: "Capitol and part of Washington City." Gray and sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 9, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-1806 (black & white film copy negative)

20. Description: "Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C." Gray and sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 10, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-46. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-1801 (black & white film copy negative)

21. Description: "Tiber Creek. North east of the Capitol. Washington, D.C." Pen and black ink drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 11, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-46. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-29876 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-535 (color film copy transparency)

22. Description: "East Branch of Potomac R. Washington." Watercolor by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 12, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-46. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-31472 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-532 (color film copy transparency)

23. Description: "Near Pennsylvania Ave. and 7th St. At Washington City" [showing First Unitarian Church.] Sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 13, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-34. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-5404 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-534 (color film copy transparency)

24. Description: "Capitol at Washington D.C." Gray and sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 14, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-6CFA. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-1807 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-4405 (color film copy transparency)

25. Description: "Draw at Longbridge, Washington City." Sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 15, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-4. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-110977 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-5635 (color film copy transparency)

26. Description: "South Gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C." Gray and sepia wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 16, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-6CFA. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-23812 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-1742 (color film copy transparency)

27. Description: "East branch. Potomac River." Gray wash drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 18, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-46. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-51544 (black & white film copy negative)

28. Description: "In Washington City." Pen and black ink drawing by August Kollner, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 19, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-49. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-5403 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-1744 (color film copy transparency)

29. Description: "Washington City north of Capitol in 1839." Pen and black ink drawing, 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-A-Kollner 20, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-34. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-52693 (black & white film copy negative)

30. Description: [View of Washington looking north-west from south-east of the U.S. Capitol.] Watercolor and gouache, possibly by August Kollner, ca. 1839. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-D-Anonymous, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-15169 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-488 (color film copy transparency)

31. Description: [Patent Office, houses, and yards.] Daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr., ca. 1846. Location: Original in P&P Dag. No. 1229, reference copy in P&P LOT 11338. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-110212 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-3596 (color film copy transparency)

32. Description: [U.S. Capitol and east grounds.] Daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr., ca. 1846. Location: Original in P&P Dag. No. 1230, reference copy in P&P LOT 11338. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-110213 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-3595 (color film copy transparency)

33. Description: [White House and south grounds.] Daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr., ca. 1846. Location: Original in P&P Dag. No. 1231, reference copy in P&P LOT 11338. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-112293 (black & white film copy negative)

34. Description: [General Post Office and environs at 7th and E Streets, N.W.] Daguerreotype by John Plumbe, Jr., ca. 1846. Location: Original in P&P Dag. No. 1225, reference copy in P&P LOT 11338. Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-5636 (color film copy transparency); LC-USZ6-2096 (black & white film copy negative)

35. Description: "Elements of National Thrift and Empire." Black and white lithograph by Edward Weber & Co. of Baltimore after Joseph Goldsborough Bruff. Copyrighted 1847 by Robert Mayo. Location: Original in P&P PGA-A-Weber, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-18134 (black & white film copy negative)

36. Description: "From the back 2nd story of the residence of Mrs. Com[modo]re John Rodgers, Franklin Row, K Street at 12 & 13 Sts." Watercolor by Montgomery C. Meigs, 1850. Location: Original in P&P DRWG/US-B-Meigs, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-34. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-110975 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-5633 (color film copy transparency)

37. Description: "View of Washington" [looking west from U.S. Capitol]. Color lithograph and sepia tint lithograph, copyrighted 1850 by Robert P. Smith. Location: Originals in P&P PGA-D-Smith, reference copy in P&P LOT 4386-56. Reproduction numbers: LC-USZ62-3279 (black & white film copy negative); LC-USZC4-1282 (color film copy transparency)