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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendered] – Antique Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendered], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendered], 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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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. East front elevation, rendered] 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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What sets this sheet apart is its inscription. The verso names S. Hallet and labels the drawing as the elevation of the principal front of plan D1, which places it among the early design studies for the national Capitol. It shows the east front, the side that faced the growing city and later became the stage for presidential inaugurations. Stephen Hallet, a French-born architect, was one of several designers whose proposals were considered in the early 1790s, when Washington, D.C., was still being laid out and the Capitol's final form was far from settled. The ink, wash, and watercolor give this rendered elevation a presentation quality that distinguishes it from a plain working drawing.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink, wash, watercolor, and graphite on paper ; 49 x 108 cm.
GenreInscription on verso: D2 elevation of the principal front of plan D1, S. Hallet. Exhibit loan 4186-L, no. 16.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 692 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175816

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