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[D.C. Wash. White House. Cutaway, sectional drawing] – Vintage Print

[D.C. Wash. White House. Cutaway, sectional drawing] — historic drawing
[D.C. Wash. White House. Cutaway, sectional drawing]. Historic drawing from the White House 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 [D.C. Wash. White House. Cutaway, sectional drawing] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[D.C. Wash. White House. Cutaway, sectional drawing]

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A cutaway, or sectional, drawing is a rare way to see the White House, because it slices the building open to show the rooms stacked behind its façade. The record card gives no date, so the drawing's exact age is uncertain. The building itself was designed by James Hoban, with construction beginning in 1792, and British forces set fire to its interior in 1814 during the War of 1812. Its rebuilding over the next few years shaped the rooms that a viewer of a sectional drawing would be looking at.

Medium1 item.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,112 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121546

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