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[East front of the United States Capitol] – Antique Print

[East front of the United States Capitol], [ca. 1828] — historic drawing
[East front of the United States Capitol], [ca. 1828]. Historic drawing from the U.S. Capitol 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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[East front of the United States Capitol]

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This watercolor and pencil drawing shows the east front of the Capitol, the side that faced the growing city and its approach from the east. The building had been burned by British troops in 1814 and was rebuilt over the following decade, with Charles Bulfinch completing the central section and dome in the mid-1820s. The drawing dates to about 1828, so it captures the Capitol just after its restoration, when the nation was still defining what its federal seat would look like. It is part of the John Rubens Smith Collection, and Smith, an English-born artist working in Philadelphia and Washington, made many careful architectural views of the period.

Created / published[ca. 1828]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor and pencil ; 41.9 x 59.1 cm.
GenreWatercolors 1820-1830.Drawings Color 1820-1830.
NotesForms part of: John Rubens Smith Collection (Library of Congress). Temple of Liberty : building the Capitol for a new nation / Pamela Scott. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995, plate 13. Philadelphia Print Shop inventory no. 656.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1820-1830.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,623 × 3,732 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221728

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