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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Exterior perspective rendering] – Historic Reproduction

[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 takes its subject from the Library of Congress, and it shows how the building was pictured on paper before it stood finished on Capitol Hill. The image is a heliotype, a photomechanical reproduction of a drawing, with watercolor added by hand to give the design color and depth. The Library's Italian Renaissance Revival building, designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz, was constructed between 1890 and 1897 as a showpiece of the Gilded Age. Presentation drawings like this one helped officials and the public imagine the finished structure.

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 × 1,108 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176492

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