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View of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Sir William Gore Ouseley

View of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

1800-1899

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Sir William Gore Ouseley

View of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.

1800-1899

Physical Qualities Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper, Sheet: 183 × 258 mm. (7 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of John Beverley Riggs
Object Number 1999.703
Collection of John Beverley Riggs, Wilmington, DE; purchased at Walker's, Bond Street, London, 1959.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: BR (black ink): 'Washington Capitol.'. VERSO: C (graphite): initial B?

Markings: none - indeterminate

Artist

Sir William Gore Ouseley

1796–1865

English, 1797-1866
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