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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, principal floor plan] – Antique Wall Art

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, principal floor plan], 1817 June. — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, principal floor plan], 1817 June.. 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 rare historic drawing captures [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. South wing, principal floor plan] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The sheet is a June 1817 plan of the principal floor of the Capitol's South Wing, the section that housed the House of Representatives, drawn in ink, watercolor, and graphite and signed by William Blanchard for Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the Capitol's architect. Its inscription also notes a south balcony "as suggested by the committee of the House of Representatives," so the drawing records a change requested by Congress during reconstruction. The British burned the building in August 1814, and the rebuilding that followed was among Latrobe's last major works before he left the project in 1817.

Created / published1817 June.
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
GenreMarch 1816." -- "BHLatrobe SC.US June 1817. Wm Blanchard del." Verso obscured; mounted on paper on linen. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
NotesInscriptions on recto: Plan of the Principal Floor of the South Wing of the CAPITOL as authorized to be built
Subjects1817." -- "South Balcony as suggefted by the committee of the house of Representatives
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 971 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111743

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