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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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sourceLibrary of Congress, public domain
typefaceCaslon captions
paper100 lb cream cover, 18 x 24
pressThomas Graphics, Austin, Texas
editionNumbered 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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