This is a great print from 1848, showing the view looking south and west from the White House.
![Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn](https://ghostsofdc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/06/3b51034u.jpg)
Source: Library of Congress
Update: Oops, the comment below is correct. This is east, not west. I should have said south and left.
This is a great print from 1848, showing the view looking south and west from the White House.
Source: Library of Congress
Update: Oops, the comment below is correct. This is east, not west. I should have said south and left.