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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. House of Representatives seating plan] – Historic Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. House of Representatives seating plan], [between 1819 and 1828] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. House of Representatives seating plan], [between 1819 and 1828]. Historic drawing from the Washington DC 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 window into the past: [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. House of Representatives seating plan], preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The most striking thing about this ink-and-wash drawing is that it maps seats rather than walls: it shows how the House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol was laid out for the 18th Congress, which convened in 1823 and ran until 1825. In the years around 1820, the House met in the south wing of the building, and members sat at desks arranged in a semicircle facing the Speaker's chair. A plan like this shows how space was allotted among representatives in a growing country, when each new state added members and the chamber had to accommodate them.

Created / published[between 1819 and 1828]
Medium1 drawing : ink and wash on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1810-1830.
Notes18th Congress, 1825 (William Allen).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175882

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