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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Art gallery, interior perspective] – Antique Wall Art

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Art gallery, interior perspective], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Art gallery, interior perspective], 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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A window into the past: [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Art gallery, interior perspective], preserved in this historic drawing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Rather than a photograph of finished rooms, this is a perspective drawing of the art gallery as its designers imagined it, rendered in ink, colored ink and gouache. The space belongs to the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building, the monumental structure begun in the 1890s to house the institution's growing collections. Interior perspectives like this one let architects and building committees judge proportions, lighting and decoration before construction, and the layered color suggests the intended finish. The drawing survives in the Library's architectural and engineering holdings, and this copy is kept in the Prints and Photographs Division as a reference.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink, color ink, and gouache on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,106 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173694

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