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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with colonnade section] – Vintage Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with colonnade section], [between 1815 and 1817] — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with colonnade section], [between 1815 and 1817]. 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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A window into the past: [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. North wing - vestibule with colonnade section], preserved in this historic drawing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The drawing shows a section of the vestibule and colonnade in the north wing of the United States Capitol, the part of the building that Benjamin Henry Latrobe was rebuilding after British troops set fire to the Capitol in August 1814. Latrobe, the architect who had served as Surveyor of the Public Buildings, worked on the north wing between roughly 1815 and 1817, and his sheets like this one record how he meant the rebuilt interior to read. The ink, watercolor, and graphite rendering was made as part of his working archive, so the drawing shows both design intent and the structural logic behind the spaces.

Created / published[between 1815 and 1817]
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
GenreArchitectural drawings 1810-1820.
NotesForms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan710 × 1,536 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111746

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