"On the evening of May 13, 1861, General Benjamin Butler and 1,000 Union soldiers arrived at Baltimore's Camden Street Station by train. Under the cover of a thunderstorm, they fortified Federal Hill to ensure the city of Baltimore remained under Union control, after the Pratt Street Riot less than a month earlier."
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West view of the Capitol.
Subject:
Hallet, Étienne Sulpice, 1755-1825, Hallet, Stephen, 1755-1825, Works on paper, Drawing, Architectural, Competitions, Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) 
Item ID:
1976.88.1
Creator:
Hallet, Stephen, 1755-1825 (Hallet, Étienne Sulpice, 1755-1825)
Description:
West view of the Capitol. Elevation. Not signed or dated. Single sheet of creme paper with pricked guide points, pen, and iron gall ink washes and pen and black ink. Stephen Hallet (Étienne Sulpice Hallet). United States Capitol drawing competition, 1792.
Date of Original:
Unknown
Collection:
Works on paper, Drawing--Architectural, Museum Department
Type/Size:
Image; 24.46 x 47.14 cm.
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 