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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective view] – Antique Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective view], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective view], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress 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 [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Perspective view], a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Drawn in ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite, this perspective view presents the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., as a finished composition rather than a photograph of the site. Architects used such renderings to show clients and builders how a building's mass, ornament, and setting would look in three dimensions. The Library's main building, now named for Thomas Jefferson, was designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and completed in 1897. Its Beaux-Arts facades and dome made it one of the capital's most admired civic buildings.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,522 × 1,265 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176487

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