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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation perspective rendering] – Vintage Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation perspective rendering], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation perspective rendering], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress 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 perspective rendering of the Library of Congress's front elevation, executed in ink and watercolor, shows the building as its designers hoped visitors would first see it from the street. The Library occupied the Thomas Jefferson Building on Capitol Hill, designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and opened in 1897 in the Beaux-Arts style. Drawings like this were often used to present a design to officials and to guide construction, and the watercolor washes suggest light and stone in a way that plain line plans cannot.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 873 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138040

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