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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, north wing, section & plans] – Historic Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, north wing, section & plans], 1808 November 18. — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, north wing, section & plans], 1808 November 18.. 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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Few drawings show the early Library of Congress as directly as this one, which Benjamin Henry Latrobe began on November 18, 1808, while serving as Surveyor of the Public Buildings. The sheet pairs a section running from south to north with plans of the lowest floor beneath the gallery and of the ground story, and a note on the back calls the scheme an Egyptian design. The room it describes was lost when British troops set fire to the Capitol in 1814.

Created / published1808 November 18.
Medium1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and wash on paper.
SubjectsInscriptions on recto: Defign of the Library of the Congrefs of the United States North Wing of the Capitol. By BHenry Latrobe Surveyor of the public Bldgs U.States. begun Nov. 18. 1808.--" -- "Section fron South to North" -- "Plan of the South end of the library lowest floor under the Gallery" -- "Plan of the Ground story." Inscription on verso (on paper mount): "Egyptian design for LC of 1808 (Hamlin's Benjamin H. Latrobe
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,256 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110787

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