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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Column capital variation with tobacco] – Antique Wall Art

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Column capital variation with tobacco], [between 1819 and 1828] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Column capital variation with tobacco], [between 1819 and 1828]. 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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A window into the past: [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Column capital variation with tobacco], preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A column capital carved with tobacco leaves sets this drawing apart from the other Capitol studies on this board. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the Capitol's architect, developed these "American order" capitals to give the building a national character, replacing the acanthus of classical Corinthian capitals with local plants such as tobacco and corn. The Capitol was set afire by British troops in 1814, and the rebuilding that followed was supervised by Latrobe and then by Charles Bulfinch, who finished the work after Latrobe resigned in 1817. Drawings like this one, made in the years just after the rebuilding, show how designers worked to tie the young republic's architecture to the crops of its states.

Created / published[between 1819 and 1828]
Medium1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1810-1830.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan847 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138003

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