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[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Line perspective of front and side elevations]" – Antique Print

[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Line perspective of front and side elevations]", and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Line perspective of front and side elevations]", and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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A window into the past: [Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Line perspective of front and side elevations]", preserved in this historic drawing. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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This ink drawing pairs a perspective view with separate front and side elevations, a combination architects used to show a building's three-dimensional form alongside its exact dimensions. Working in ink on a large D-size sheet, the draftsman would have produced it as a presentation or working document, when elevations were often drawn by hand and inked for review by clients and builders. Because the record does not name the structure or its designer, the specific building and date remain unconfirmed. Still, the drawing shows the conventions of pre-computer architectural drafting, where the perspective gave a sense of the finished appearance and the elevations gave the measurements needed for construction.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
MediumADE - UNIT 2423, no. 3 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Genre1 drawing : ink on paper.
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,536 × 386 px · prints to 5 × 1 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138055

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