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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]" – Vintage Wall Art

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]", and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)" — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]", 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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A window into the past: [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]", 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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This drawing shows the west front of the United States Capitol with its high dome, the tall cast-iron dome completed in the 1860s. The back of the sheet is inscribed "Thornton's Plan West Elevation," which ties the work to William Thornton, the physician and amateur architect whose 1793 design won the competition for the building. The pen, watercolor, and graphite rendering reflects the conventions of late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century architectural drawing, when a wash of color helped clients picture a building's façade before construction. Comparing this elevation with Thornton's original scheme shows how the Capitol's silhouette changed as it was enlarged over the following decades.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)"
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
GenreInscription on recto: West Elevation of the Capitol. Inscription on verso: Thornton's Plan West Elevation. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Exhibited: Capitol Visitor's Center" at the U.S. Capitol
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 962 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175763

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