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Georgetown Heights, Blair House Collection

This landscape of Washington D.C. as seen from Georgetown Heights was painted by Andrew Melrose. In the painting, the Capital Dome, Washington Monument, and other parts of the federal city can be seen.  In the foreground is a horse-drawn cart filled with hay. This showed that Washington D.C. was still surrounded by farmland after the Civil War. This landscape is a part of the Blair House Collection. Blair House is located across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and has been used as the president's guest house since the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Visiting diplomats and dignitaries stay at Blair House while on official visits with the White House and is historically where the president-elect and first family reside prior to taking the oath of office.
Artist
Andrew Melrose
Date of Work
ca. 1865-70
Type
Painting
Credit
Bruce White for the White House Historical Association/Blair House