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[View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin. – Vintage Wall Art

[View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin. — historic drawing
[View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[View of the Library of Congress] / Jules Guérin.

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Rendered in opaque gouache on a large sheet, this view presents the Library of Congress's main building, which stands across the street from the Capitol and opened to readers in 1897. Jules Guérin, an American illustrator known for polished architectural renderings, painted it sometime between 1898 and 1925, while the library's Beaux-Arts palace was still a new symbol of national learning. Color views like this one gave the public a vivid picture of a monumental building, and its ornate facade and dome show how the young capital chose to express its ambitions in stone.

Medium1 drawing : gouache ; 50 x 76 cm. (sheet).
Notes[between 1898 and 1925]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-206956

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