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[Exterior view of masonry church with axial tower entrance and spire] – Historic Photograph Print

[Exterior view of masonry church with axial tower entrance and spire], [ca. 1850] — historic drawing
[Exterior view of masonry church with axial tower entrance and spire], [ca. 1850]. Historic drawing from the Religious 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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Rendered in ink and watercolor, this drawing centers on a masonry church whose tower sits on the main axis and serves as the entrance, with a spire rising above it. Around 1850, congregations in many places were building in stone and brick, often in Gothic or other revival styles, and perspective drawings like this one were commonly made to show a building's form and proportions before construction began. The record does not name the architect, congregation, or site, so the sheet is best read as an example of how a design was pictured for clients and builders in that period. Its view would have shown how the tower, doorway, and steeple read from the street.

Created / published[ca. 1850]
Medium1 drawing : ink and watercolor.
GenrePerspective projections 1840-1860.Watercolors 1840-1860.Drawings Color 1840-1860.
NotesExhibit loan 4105-L. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1996:111.UNID.3
SubjectsChurches--1840-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,797 × 4,691 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219552

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