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[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Various studies - plans and elevations] – Vintage Wall Art

[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Various studies - plans and elevations], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Monuments, Washington, D.C. Various studies - plans and elevations], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". 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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This rare historic drawing captures [Monuments, Washington, D.C. Various studies - plans and elevations] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Among the monument images on this board, this one is a drawing rather than a photograph: a single sheet in ink and graphite that sets out plan and elevation views of a monument design. Drawings like this let designers and builders check proportions, base dimensions, and how a structure would read from the ground and from above before construction began. The sheet belongs to the Library of Congress's architectural and engineering drawings, a collection that preserves working documents behind many of the city's public buildings and memorials. The record does not name the specific monument or date, so the sheet is best read as evidence of how Washington's commemorative architecture was planned.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,264 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132050

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