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Summary
George Cooke:
City of Washington from Beyond the Navy Yard
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| Title |
City of Washington from Beyond the Navy Yard |
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| Object type |
painting
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| Date | 1833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 45.7 × 63.5 cm (17.9 × 25 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
Washington, D.C., United States |
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| Accession number |
1966.48.24
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| Notes |
White House copy of the 1833 painting Notes by Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008: "In his City of Washington Cooke carefully rendered the architecture of the city as well as the contours of the riverbanks and the elevations of the hills. . . . " . . . Two large dry docks flank a three-masted schooner at the Navy shipyard on the Anacostia River below the Capitol. . . . This grouping serves as a strong base for Capitol Hill and the Capitol Building as it appeared in 1833 . . . . [The Capitol] is balanced by the White House in the distance at left center. To make sure that this balance is seen as symbolic of the balance of democratic powers between the executive and legislative branches, Cooke enlarged the White House. "Between the two large buildings the city lies on lower ground, composed mostly of two- and three-story houses and several steepled churches. To the left is the confluence of the Anacostia and the Potomac, whose broad waters stretch to the port of Georgetown." |
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| References | DC Past http://dcpast.com/post/61953281726/1834-washington-from-beyond-navy-yard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | The White House Historical Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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