Dotted line map of Washington, D.C., 1791, before Aug. 19th.
Shows survey lines and proposed public squares parks. Relief shown by hachures. Title from LC G&M Div. preliminary map shelflist card. Ms. survey map drawn by P.C. L'Enfant. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Black and col. inks, watercolors. In black ink at lower left: Note. All the lines coloured red are finished and those coloured yellow are intended to be compleated this season. Watermark (crown over fleur-de-lis). Originally drawn on 2 sheets. Soiled, torn, missing small edge sections, and mounted on cloth backing. Accompanied by positive and negative photocopies of L'Enfant's letter to George Washington, Aug. 19, 1791, the original in the L'Enfant papers, no. 0215-977, L.C. Ms. Div. Vault DCP
- Date
- 1791
- Mapmaker / publisher
- L'Enfant, Pierre Charles
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 12,632 × 8,198 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
Credit line
"Dotted line map of Washington, D.C., 1791, before Aug. 19th." (1791). L'Enfant, Pierre Charles. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dotted_line_map_of_Washington,_D.C.,_1791,_before_Aug._19th._LOC_88694203.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 11973.
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