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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First story plan] – Vintage Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First story plan], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First story plan], 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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Step back in time with [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. First story plan], a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This sheet is labeled as the first-story plan and marked "D1 the ground floor," showing the Capitol's ground level in ink, watercolor, and graphite. The inscription says it was laid before the Board in January 1794, when the commissioners overseeing the federal city were weighing designs for the legislative building. The inscription credits S. Hallet, the French-born architect Étienne Sulpice Hallet, who worked on the Capitol's early plans before his dismissal in 1794. The drawing shows how planners arranged rooms on the ground floor while the building's final form was still being decided.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
GenreInscription: D1 the ground floor of a plan for the Capitol Laid Before the Board January 1794. S. Hallet. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 916 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175810

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