The Collection·Room III · Maps·Plan of the City of Washington
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1792 · ELLICOTT, AFTER L'ENFANT
Plan of the City of Washington
Ellicott's engraving of the L'Enfant plan: the capital on paper before it existed on land.
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| source | Library of Congress, Geography & Map Division · Ellicott, 1792 · item 98689552 |
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| typeface | Caslon captions |
| paper | 100 lb cream cover, 24 x 18 (landscape) · sized to the plate |
| press | Thomas Graphics, Austin, Texas |
| edition | Numbered of 250, cotton paper, embossed maker's mark |
Andrew Ellicott’s 1792 plan, engraved after L’Enfant, from Library of Congress public-domain holdings, item 98689552. A city that existed in print before it existed at all. A very print-shop kind of founding.
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