The courthouse, Washington, D.C., George Hadfield, architect, 1820 / drawn by H.F. Cunningham. – Antique Wall Art
(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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The courthouse, Washington, D.C., George Hadfield, architect, 1820 / drawn by H.F. Cunningham. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The courthouse, Washington, D.C., George Hadfield, architect, 1820 / drawn by H.F. Cunningham.
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Few early Washington buildings have survived in a form that architects still study, and this courthouse, finished in 1820 to a design by George Hadfield, is one of them. Hadfield was an Irish-born architect who had worked in the capital, and his courthouse reflects the restrained Georgian and Federal style of the period. Harry Francis Cunningham made this scaled engraving for his 1914 book *Measured Drawings of Georgian Architecture*, which recorded such buildings in precise detail at a time when many were being altered or lost. The sheet shows the building's proportions and ornament as an architect would need them, not as a picturesque view.
| Created / published | New York : Architectural book publishing co., 1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1910-1920.Architectural drawings 1910-1920.Engravings 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Scaled. Sheet No. 1. Illus. in: Measured Drawings of Georgian Architecture ..., by Harry Francis Cunningham. Copyright by Paul Wenzel and Maurice Krakow. |
| Subjects | Courthouses--Washington (D.C.)--1820. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,125 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164193 |
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