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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor plan] – Antique Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor plan], [between 1819 and 1828] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor plan], [between 1819 and 1828]. Historic drawing from the Washington DC 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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This ink and watercolor drawing is a ground plan of the Capitol's central section, labeled as the projection of the center "according to the plan approved by the President, and in part executed." The inscription also marks the north and south wings and the lower rotunda, so the sheet records a building still under construction. The Capitol was burned by British forces in 1814, and rebuilding stretched through the 1810s and 1820s, with Benjamin Latrobe and then Charles Bulfinch shaping the final design. Plans like this one show how the architects arranged the rooms and the rotunda beneath the planned dome, and they reveal which parts of the scheme had been finished and which were still on paper.

Created / published[between 1819 and 1828]
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1810-1830.
NotesInscription on recto: Ground plan of the Capitol of the United States; showing the projection division of the Centre, according to the plan approved by the President, and in part executed. South wing. Lower Rotunda. North wing.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,124 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118169

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