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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor with rotunda, Senate chamber and library] – Antique Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor with rotunda, Senate chamber and library], [between 1832 and 1834] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor with rotunda, Senate chamber and library], [between 1832 and 1834]. 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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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor with rotunda, Senate chamber and library] comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First floor with rotunda, Senate chamber and library]

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This drawing lays out the first floor of the United States Capitol in the early 1830s, with the rotunda at the center and the Senate chamber and the Library of Congress marked among its rooms. A handwritten note on the sheet says the original House of Representatives chamber accommodated 216 members, a figure that hints at how the growing nation strained the building's space. The Capitol had been set afire by British forces in 1814 and was rebuilt in the years that followed, so plans from this period record a structure still taking shape. Architectural drawings like this one let viewers see how its designers arranged the rooms where national lawmaking took place.

Created / published[between 1832 and 1834]
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, color ink, and graphite on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1830-1840.
NotesInscription on recto: 461980 Au[], 34. Original seats in Rep. cham. accom. 216 members. ROTUNDA CONGRESS LIBRARY. SENATE CHAMBER. 4.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,262 × 5,055 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138002

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