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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South elevation] – Vintage Wall Art

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South elevation], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South elevation], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". 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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Drawn in ink, watercolor, and graphite, this south elevation presents the Capitol as its design was authorized to be built, and its inscription credits Benjamin Henry Latrobe as the designer and F.C. de Krafft as the draftsman, dated 1818. By that year Latrobe had left his post overseeing the building, which British forces had burned in August 1814 and which was being rebuilt in stages. The sheet preserves the architect's intentions for the south face while the legislative building was still unfinished, and it remains part of the Latrobe archive held by the Library of Congress.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
SubjectsInscriptions on recto: SOUTH ELEVATION of the CAPITOL of the U.S. as authorized to be built. from the design of B.H. Latrobe." -- "by F.C. de Krafft. 1818." Verso obscured; lined with linen. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,061 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114239

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