1881 Views of the Flood at Washington w/hc from Harper's Weekly

11.5" x 16" newsprint Lithographic sketch with hand water color in fine condition. Likely some very minor chips at papers edge from age and storage but not effecting image. A newspaper page from an annual bound edition covering events of the day. The primary source of information for most Americans at the time were illustrated Newspapers being published in the major US cities like this example covering :Flood in Washington Dc , a surprisingly regular event for many years