File:Capitol Hill - George Cooke, 1833 (cropped).jpg

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George Cooke: City of Washington from Beyond the Navy Yard  wikidata:Q30543089 reasonator:Q30543089
Artist
George Cooke  (1793–1849)  wikidata:Q3101498
 
Alternative names
pseudonym: Cooke, George Esten; G. Cooke; George, II Cooke; George Cook; George Cooke II; George Esten Cooke
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 17 March 1793 Edit this at Wikidata 26 March 1849 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death St. Mary's County Edit this at Wikidata New Orleans Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1810s - 1840s
Work location
United States, Europe
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artist QS:P170,Q3101498
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Title
City of Washington from Beyond the Navy Yard
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1833
date QS:P571,+1833-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 45.7 × 63.5 cm (17.9 × 25 in)
institution QS:P195,Q35525
Current location
Washington, D.C., United States
Accession number
1966.48.24 Edit this at Wikidata
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."
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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