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TITLE:  East & west branch below Washington

CALL NUMBER:  DRWG/US - Kollner, no. 18 (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-51544 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Landscape drawing shows the confluence of the east branch, now known as the Anacostia River, and the west branch of the Potomac River below Washington DC. A long, low bridge or dock crosses the Anacostia. A few buildings hug the shore on a peninsula at middle center.

MEDIUM:  1 drawing : ink and ink wash graphite underdrawing.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  1839 Sept.

CREATOR:

Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813, artist.

NOTES:

Inscribed below image: East branch. Potomac River. Sept. 1839.

SUBJECTS:

Cities & towns--Washington (D.C.)--1830-1840.
Rivers--Washington (D.C.)--1830-1840.
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
United States--District of Columbia--Anacostia River
United States--District of Columbia--Potomac River

FORMAT:

Drawings American 1830-1840.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a51584 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a51584

CONTROL #:  2004662008



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