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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Longitudinal section] – Historic Reproduction

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Longitudinal section], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Longitudinal section], 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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This drawing cuts the Library of Congress lengthwise, exposing its interior rooms, galleries, and stacked floors as if the building had been sliced open from end to end. Ink and wash was a common way for late nineteenth-century architects to present such sections to clients and builders, with the shading suggesting depth and volume. The Library's main building, the Jefferson Building, opened in 1897 in the Beaux-Arts style, designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz. This copy is a reference copy from the Prints and Photographs Division.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and wash on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,359 × 5,153 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138059

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