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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Rear elevation, A series] – Historic Print

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Rear elevation, A series], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Rear elevation, A series], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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A rear elevation is the back face of a building as an architect would draw it, flat and to scale, with no shadows or perspective. This sheet belongs to a series labeled "A" and is held in the Library of Congress's Architectural and Engineering drawings collection. The record does not name the building or give a date, so the exact project is unconfirmed. The Library of Congress was founded in 1800 to serve Congress and later grew into the national library, and its main building, the Thomas Jefferson Building, opened in 1897. Hand-inked drawings with gouache washes like this one were the standard way architects presented designs for review and construction.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and gouache on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,183 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134598

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