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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering] – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". 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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A window into the past: [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering], preserved in this historic drawing. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This perspective rendering of a Washington, D.C. exterior comes from the Library of Congress's architectural and engineering drawings, and it is a drawing, not a photograph. Its heliotype base, a photomechanical reproduction method, was hand-tinted with watercolor, a common way to make presentation drawings look finished and lifelike. Such renderings helped architects show clients and committees how a building would sit in its setting before construction began. Readers interested in the Library's own buildings may want to compare it with the Thomas Jefferson Building, which opened in 1897.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : heliotype and watercolor on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,050 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171129

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