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The Capitol in Flames:
The British set fire to most of the public buildings in the city, but the President's House and Capitol (grouped here in unrealistically close proximity by the artist) were their primary targets. Only a powerful rainstorm saved the outer walls of the Capitol and White House from total destruction.
Capture of the City of Washington
Engraving by J&J Cundee, for Rapin's History of England, London, 1815 |