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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section of grand stairway] – Vintage Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section of grand stairway], [between 1803 and 1814] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section of grand stairway], [between 1803 and 1814]. 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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A window into the past: [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing, section of grand stairway], 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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The stair in question is the grand stairway in the north wing of the United States Capitol, drawn in ink and graphite during the years the building was being rebuilt after the British burned it in 1814. The draftsman was Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the architect who supervised much of the Capitol's construction and reconstruction, and the inscription on the sheet, "Stair in the Old Capitol," marks it as a record of the earlier building. Latrobe's office produced many such working drawings, which show how the north wing's interior was planned long before the structure took its present form.

Created / published[between 1803 and 1814]
Medium1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1800-1820.
NotesInscription on recto: Stair in the Old Capitol." Mounted on paper on linen. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118133

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