Architectural drawing for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Plan, sketch elevations – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Architectural drawing for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Plan, sketch elevations
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The record links this sheet to one of two schemes commonly identified with Tortola, a name that points to how many competing hands shaped the Capitol before its foundations were set. Its plan and elevations, drawn in ink, watercolor, graphite and wash, date from the 1790s, when the building went through several proposals, including the 1792 competition that William Thornton won. George Washington laid the cornerstone in September 1793, and later work by Stephen Hallet and Benjamin Latrobe reshaped the design. Charles Moore, a historian of the city's planning, gave the sheet to the Library of Congress in 1925.
| Created / published | and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." |
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| Medium | 1 item : ink, watercolor, graphite, and wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm. |
| Genre | UNIT title devised. Commonly identified as one of two Tortola schemes." Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files. Gift; Charles Moore; 1925. Finding aid (unpublished): Filed by UNIT number |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1790-1800. Capitols--Washington (D.C.)--1790-1800. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,004 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175918 |
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