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TITLE: The taking of the city of Washington in America
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Thompson--The taking of ... (C size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-4555 (color film copy transparency)
LC-USZ62-1939 (b&w film copy neg.)
RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: View from the Potomac River, of Washington, D.C. under attack by British forces under Major General Ross, August 24, 1814.
MEDIUM: 1 print : wood engraving.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London(?)] : Published by G. Thompson, 1814 Oct. 14.
NOTES:
Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002.
SUBJECTS:
Madison, James,--1751-1836--Homes & haunts--Washington (D.C.)
Fires--Washington (D.C.)--1810-1820.
Washington (D.C.)--History--Capture by the British, 1814.
FORMAT:
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g04555 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04555
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05680 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05680
CONTROL #: 96510111
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