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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front perspective, A series] – Antique Wall Art

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front perspective, A series], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front perspective, A series], 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. Front perspective, A series], preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Rendered in ink, this front perspective presents the Library of Congress as its designers intended it to look on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The library had outgrown its space in the Capitol, and Congress authorized a separate building to house its growing collections, which opened in 1897 as the Thomas Jefferson Building. Drawings like this one record the design intent behind a structure whose Beaux-Arts ornament and monumental façade were meant to express the nation's commitment to learning.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
GenreA series begins here.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,353 × 5,171 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134605

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