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[Monument (Washington Monument") D.C. Reflected ceiling plan]" – Historic Print

[Monument (Washington Monument") D.C. Reflected ceiling plan]", [between 1799 and 1800] — historic drawing
[Monument (Washington Monument") D.C. Reflected ceiling plan]", [between 1799 and 1800]. Historic drawing from the Washington Monument collection.

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A window into the past: [Monument (Washington Monument") D.C. Reflected ceiling plan]", preserved in this historic drawing. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Monument (Washington Monument") D.C. Reflected ceiling plan]"

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This drawing is a reflected ceiling plan for the Washington Monument in the District of Columbia, a view that shows the ceiling as if the floor were a mirror. Its record dates it between 1799 and 1800, which falls just after George Washington's death in December 1799, when Congress first moved to honor him with a memorial. The obelisk was not begun until 1848 and was not completed until 1884, so this sheet belongs to the earliest stage of the idea rather than the finished structure. It is held in the Library of Congress's architecture, design and engineering drawings, and it is worth studying for how early plans for the monument were conceived and recorded.

Created / published[between 1799 and 1800]
MediumADE - UNIT 2545, no. 2 (B size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,536 × 826 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175710

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