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[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Sketch - elevation rendering of circular structure] – Antique Print

[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Sketch - elevation rendering of circular structure], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Sketch - elevation rendering of circular structure], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". 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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[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Sketch - elevation rendering of circular structure] comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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An elevation rendering of a circular structure, drawn in ink and wash, is the particular feature of this sheet. The record does not name the monument, but an elevation shows a building's vertical face straight on, without perspective, so a designer could check proportions, column spacing, and the height of each tier. Ink and wash, a method of applying diluted ink in tones over linework, gave architects a way to suggest stone, shadow, and mass on paper before construction began. Washington's public monuments were often designed by architects and sculptors in this manner, and drawings like this one record how those plans took shape.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and wash on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,202 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132048

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