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Perspective from lagoon, Lincoln Memorial, Washington. Henry Bacon, architect – Vintage Print

Perspective from lagoon, Lincoln Memorial, Washington. Henry Bacon, architect — historic print
Perspective from lagoon, Lincoln Memorial, Washington. Henry Bacon, architect. Historic print from the Lincoln Memorial 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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Perspective from lagoon, Lincoln Memorial, Washington. Henry Bacon, architect

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Seen from the lagoon, the memorial's long reflecting pool carries the eye straight up to the building, which is the view this perspective is built around. Henry Bacon designed the memorial, which was built between 1915 and 1922 and dedicated in 1922, with a Doric colonnade of 36 columns representing the states in the Union at Lincoln's death. This reproduction of an architectural drawing was published as plate XX in a volume titled *Architecture*, though the record gives no date for the print itself. Its setting is worth noticing, since the water was meant to double the white marble and turn the approach into a reflection of the monument.

Medium1 print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsReproduction of arch. drawing. Illus. in: Architecture, plate XX. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: DC, Wash.--Monuments; Arch. Colls; Arch.--Drawings; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,085 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-135762

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