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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering] – Vintage Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering], 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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This exterior perspective rendering shows the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., most likely its Thomas Jefferson Building on Capitol Hill, as its designers pictured it. Heliotype was a photomechanical process for making many copies of an architectural drawing, and the watercolor was added by hand to give the view color and depth. Renderings like this helped officials and the public imagine a building that was then one of the most ambitious in the capital. The Jefferson Building was designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and opened to the public in 1897.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : heliotype and watercolor on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,125 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134613

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