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On the road between Washington & Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia from the Maryland side of the Potomac

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Sketch shows ships docked on the waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia, with Washington's Capitol dome rising in the distance. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.

Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sketches in America.

Gift; Kate Wallis; 1932.

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01/01/1853
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Wallis, George, 1811-1891, artist
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