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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendering] – Vintage Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendering], [1834] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendering], [1834]. 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. East front elevation, rendering], 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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This drawing shows the east front of the United States Capitol, the side that faced the city and the approach up Capitol Hill, rendered in ink, watercolor, and wash in 1834. That was a formative decade for the building. Its central section was complete, but the wings and surrounding grounds were still taking shape, and the design of the building was being refined as Washington grew around it. A rendering like this one let officials and the public picture the finished composition before it stood in stone. Scholars reproduce such sheets in surveys of the Capitol's design, and they remain useful for reading how early American architects imagined the seat of national government.

Created / published[1834]
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
GenreCapitols Washington (D.C.) 1830-1840.Architectural drawings 1830-1840.Watercolors Color 1830-1840.
NotesPublished in: Capital drawings, ed. by C. Ford Peatross. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005, pl. 2.10.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1830-1840.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,030 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176632

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