Antique Print of the Canton River and Other Views in China, 1858

Antique print titled 'Une Rue de Canton - Barbier - Habitans de Canton'. View of a street in Guangzhou (Canton) and inhabitants of Guangzhou, also includes a small image of a Chinese barber...

Antique print titled 'Die Quelle des Jumna'. View of the Yamuna river, India. This print originates from 'Meyer´s Universum oder Abbildung und Beschreibung des Sehenswerthesten und M...

This engraved print shows a view of the United States Capitol Building, in Washington, D.C. The print depicts the neoclassical building from the northeast orientation, with a bustling street scene in front. The steel engraving is a proof printing, drawn and engraved by Henry Sartain and published in 1858. Plans began in May 1854 to build a new cast-iron dome for the United States Capitol. The then-architect of the Capitol Thomas Walter and his team were sold on the aesthetics of a new dome, as well as the utility of a fire-proof one. A year later, on March 3, 1855, President Franklin Pierce...

Print depicting a schooner, no. 1 of 400 copies signed Z21, made in the mid-19th century. Non-coeval briarwood frame; measures with frame 50 x 40 cm.