1792 · ELLICOTT, AFTER L'ENFANT
Plan of the City of Washington, 1792
Andrew Ellicott's 1792 engraving after Pierre L'Enfant's plan, from the Library of Congress geography and map division. Final art placed before the first press run.
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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edition$175Numbered of 250 · cotton paper · embossed maker's mark
| source | Library of Congress, public domain |
|---|---|
| typeface | Caslon captions |
| paper | 100 lb cream cover, 18 x 24 |
| press | Thomas Graphics, Austin, Texas |
| edition | Numbered of 250, cotton paper, embossed maker's mark |
Ellicott, after L'Enfant, 1792, from Library of Congress public-domain holdings. A city that existed in print before it existed at all — a very print-shop kind of founding.
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