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Date

1884

Dimensions

6 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (16.8 x 25.1 cm)

Accession Number

2004.085.015

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Illustrations such as this example of the House Chamber from 1884 were common features of travel guidebooks throughout the 19th century. Specific details, such as the two large landscape paintings by Albert Bierstadt and the portraits of George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette, are clearly shown in this image, which would help prepare tourists for their visit to the Capitol.

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Objects

George Washington
George Washington

Exhibitions & Publications

What's in the House Chamber?
What's in the House Chamber?
Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov