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[View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin. — historic drawing
[View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin.. Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few views of the Library of Congress were drawn with the richness of this gouache, which shows the building as a finished architectural vision rather than a simple record. The Jefferson Building opened in 1897, after decades of debate over where the national library should stand, and its Beaux-Arts design made it a showcase of American ambition. Jules Guérin, a painter and illustrator known for luminous architectural renderings, would have been well suited to capture its domes, colonnades, and sculpted detail. The sheet's date range places it in the years just after the building's completion.

Medium1 drawing : gouache ; 50 x 76 cm. (sheet).
Notes[between 1898 and 1925]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,965 × 2,634 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-223409

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