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Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Floor plan – Antique Print

Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Floor plan, and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic photograph
Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Floor plan, and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic photograph 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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Step back in time with Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Floor plan, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This floor plan is one of the early working drawings of the United States Capitol, dated to the 1790s, when the building existed mostly on paper. Rendered in ink, graphite, and watercolor, it reflects the period after the 1792 design competition, when the winning concept was being reworked into a buildable plan. The drawing is unsigned, and its attribution is tentative. It may have been drafted by Daniel Bell, a builder connected with the project. Its colored washes and careful lettering show how the government's architects tested room arrangements and circulation before the first stones were laid.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 item : ink, graphite, and watercolor ; in folder 51 x 61 cm.
GenreUNIT title devised. Drawing not signed; attribution from information in P&P Curatorial Files. Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files. Post-competition drawing; possibly drafted by Daniel Bell. Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R). Finding aid (unpublished): Filed by UNIT number, available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1790-1800. Capitols--Washington (D.C.)--1790-1800.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175759

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