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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation] – Vintage Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation], 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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The Library of Congress spent its early decades housed in the Capitol before its collections outgrew the space, and this ink drawing shows a front elevation of the institution: a flat, head-on view that let architects check a facade's proportions, cornices, and window bays before construction began. The drawing relates to the Library's main building, designed by John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz and completed in 1897, now known as the Thomas Jefferson Building. The sheet survives as a reference copy in the Prints and Photographs Division's architectural and engineering holdings.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138066

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