West Front,United States Capitol,Washington,DC,Cows,c1831,John Rubens Smith

Title: [West front of the United States Capitol with cows in the foreground]
Creator(s): Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849, artist
Date Created/Published: [ca. 1831]
Summary: Drawing shows the Tripoli Monument honoring American valor during the Barbary Wars of 1804. It was moved to the West Front of the Capitol in 1831 (and moved to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1860). The drawing also shows the wooden fence that first delineated the Capitol grounds. (Source: Pam Scott, 2011)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 661.
(DLC/PP-1996:032.6).
Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: 'Temple of Liberty' at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1994.
Exhibited: 'American Treasures' at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1997.
Exhibited: 'Fathers and Sons' at the Bush Presidential Library, 2002.
Subjects:
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1820-1840.
Capitols--Washington (D.C.)--1820-1840.
Drawings--Color--1820-1840.
Watercolors--1820-1830.
Bookmark /95511395/
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