2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/24/2020
Carte de visite of the George Washington monument in Richmond, Virginia. With printed description of the monument on verso, offered by photographer W.D. Selden & Co. Fine condition. The Virginia Washington Monument, also known as the Washington Monument, is a 19th-century neoclassical statue of George Washington located on the public square in Richmond, Virginia. It is the terminus for Grace Street. The cornerstone of the monument was laid in 1850 and it became the second equestrian statue of Washington to be unveiled in the United States (following the one in Union Square, New York City, unveiled in 1856). It was not completed until 1869.
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