Sep 30, 2010 - Sale 2223

Sale 2223 - Lot 83

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.) Panorama of Washington. Hand-colored engraving, 32 x 9 inches; moderate foxing and toning, slight separations at folds and edge wear, archival tape reinforcement on verso. New York: Charles Magnus, circa 1865

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Features a large portrait of George Washington and a view of the Capitol, as well as 31 smaller vignettes of Washington sights. The Freedom sculpture, which had been placed atop the Capitol building late in 1863, is prominently featured.