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Architectural drawing for a monument. Front elevation – Historic Reproduction

Architectural drawing for a monument. Front elevation, [1810-1832]. — historic drawing
Architectural drawing for a monument. Front elevation, [1810-1832].. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive 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 images capture their era like this historic drawing of Architectural drawing for a monument. Front elevation. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Drawn in graphite, this front elevation shows a monument laid out as a flat, head-on view, so its proportions and ornament can be read without perspective. It comes from the papers of Charles Bulfinch, the Boston architect who shaped much of the city's public building after the Revolution and later worked on the U.S. Capitol. Its date is an estimate, based on the drawing's design style and the period of Bulfinch's last known work, which places it roughly in the 1810s and 1820s. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology deposited the material in 1935.

Created / published[1810-1832].
Medium1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1810-1840.Sketches 1810-1840.
NotesUNIT title devised. Date based on design style and date of last known work. Forms part of Charles Bulfinch Archive (Library of Congress). Permanent deposit; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1935; (DLC/PP-1935:069?). Finding aid (unpublished): Filed by UNIT number, available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
SubjectsMonuments & memorials--1810-1840.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan954 × 1,286 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175974

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