Architectural drawing for seating in a gallery supported by Corinthian columns. Gallery, section with corinthian capital – Historic Print
![Architectural drawing for seating in a gallery supported by Corinthian columns. Gallery, section with corinthian capital, [1800-1832]. — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/19/19c6413712e0-L.webp)
(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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Architectural drawing for seating in a gallery supported by Corinthian columns. Gallery, section with corinthian capital comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Architectural drawing for seating in a gallery supported by Corinthian columns. Gallery, section with corinthian capital
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This sheet is a cross-section that shows tiered seating rising within a gallery carried on Corinthian columns, with the capital drawn in close detail. An earlier cataloging note linked it to the Senate chamber gallery, a room that Charles Bulfinch helped shape during the rebuilding of the national Capitol after the 1814 burning. As a Boston architect who later served as Architect of the Capitol, Bulfinch produced drawings like this to settle how public halls would be arranged for seating and sightlines. The ink, wash and graphite work shows the balance he kept between structure and ornament.
| Created / published | [1800-1832]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 item : ink, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm. |
| Genre | Architectural drawings 1800-1840. |
| Notes | UNIT title devised. Drawing previously identified as Senate chamber gallery. Beginning date based on column style; end date based on date of last known work. Forms part of Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of Congress). Permanent deposit; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1935; (DLC/PP-1935:069?). Finding aid (unpublished): Filed by UNIT number, available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room. |
| Subjects | Galleries (Upper level spaces)--1800-1840. Corinthian order--1800-1840. Capitals (Columns)--1800-1840. Seating furniture--1800-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,114 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175978 |
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