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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Plan & section of roof, north wing] – Historic Reproduction

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Plan & section of roof, north wing], [between 1803 and 1814] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Plan & section of roof, north wing], [between 1803 and 1814]. 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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This drawing is a watercolor, wash, and ink plan and section of the roof of the north wing of the United States Capitol, labeled as "proposed alterations" and addressed to William Lenthall, the clerk of works. It belongs to the Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive, and Latrobe, who served as the Capitol's architect from 1803, drew it in the years before the building's north wing was damaged in the British attack of August 1814. The sheet shows how Latrobe planned to reshape the roof, with sections through the central domes and the gutters, where drainage was a persistent problem in the building. Its careful layered washes make it a useful record of how the Capitol was designed and revised during its early construction.

Created / published[between 1803 and 1814]
Medium1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1800-1820.
SubjectsInscriptions on recto: For Wm. Lenthall Clk Wks." -- "Plan of the proposed alterations of the Roof of the North Wing" -- "Section thro' the Center of the two Domes" -- "Section thro' the Gutters." Mounted on paper on linen. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,205 × 1,518 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175783

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