Architectural drawing for a fireproof repository for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. – Antique Wall Art
(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 a fireproof repository for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. 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 a fireproof repository for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.
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Rather than a view of a whole building, this 1805 drawing shows a ground plan and section of a vault designed for the Treasury Department's papers. Rendered in ink, graphite, and watercolor, it details the arrangement of cases along the north wall, with certain parts colored brown to set them apart. The Treasury had suffered a serious fire in 1801, so officials had good reason to want their records kept in a room built to resist flame. The drawing also predates the British burning of Washington in 1814, which destroyed much of the Treasury building.
| Created / published | 1805 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 item : watercolor, ink, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. |
| Genre | show the places of the bases containing Papers." -- "Section |
| Subjects | exhibiting the Arangement [sic] of the Cases along the North Wall f the room." -- "Vault." -- "Ground Plan." -- "Thosse parts which are colored brown |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,492 × 1,187 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175712 |
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