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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with colonnade section] – Antique Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with colonnade section], [between 1815 and 1817] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with colonnade section], [between 1815 and 1817]. 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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Few drawings capture the Capitol's early construction as directly as this study of the north wing's vestibule and colonnade. It is an ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite drawing made between 1815 and 1817, when Benjamin Henry Latrobe was supervising the rebuilding of the building after the British burned it in 1814. Latrobe, the architect who also shaped the Capitol's interior under earlier commissions, worked out the arcade and colonnade details in drawings like this one, and the inscription on the sheet identifies the north wing plan it belongs to. The sheet is part of Latrobe's papers at the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1815 and 1817]
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1810-1820.
NotesForms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan767 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172745

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