This is a cool old painting from the early 19th century. It shows the Capitol Building as it would have looked during the first decade of the 1800s.
Source: Library of Congress
A Rare Glimpse into the Early 19th Century: A Painting of the Capitol Building
From the angle of the buildings it looks like a Mall or East Capitol St view. Pennsylvania wouldn’t be straight on.
Is this even DC? Was this just a conceptual painting. I can’t make any sense of this.