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[Bronze doors for the east portico of the House wing, U.S. Capitol] – Vintage Print

[Bronze doors for the east portico of the House wing, U.S. Capitol], 1855 July 4. — historic photograph
[Bronze doors for the east portico of the House wing, U.S. Capitol], 1855 July 4.. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol 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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This picture records a set of bronze doors meant for the east portico of the House wing of the U.S. Capitol, shown here on the Fourth of July, 1855. The record's subject headings also point to a maquette, or preliminary model, so the image may document a design study rather than finished doors. Benjamin Brown French, who served as Commissioner of Public Buildings and oversaw much of the Capitol's mid-century expansion, kept this print in his album. Salted paper prints like this one, an early photographic process, give the image its soft, warm tones and show how the Capitol's new architecture was being documented as it went up.

Created / published1855 July 4.
Medium1 photographic print : salted paper ; 14 x 11 cm.
NotesIn album: Benjamin Brown French Photographs
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1850-1860. Doors & doorways--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1860. Maquettes--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,136 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108751

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