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[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Exterior order] / Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. engineer in charge ; Tho. U. Walter, architect, Washington, D.C., 1854. – Vintage Wall Art

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Exterior order] / Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. engineer in charge ; Tho. U. Walter, architect, Washington, D.C., 1854., and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic image
[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Exterior order] / Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. engineer in charge ; Tho. U. Walter, architect, Washington, D.C., 1854., and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic image from the U.S. Capitol 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.). Extension. Exterior order] / Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. engineer in charge ; Tho. U. Walter, architect, Washington, D.C., 1854., preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Exterior order] / Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. engineer in charge ; Tho. U. Walter, architect, Washington, D.C., 1854.

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This salted paper print, made in 1854, records an exterior order, the classical column and entablature design for the new wings, rather than the building as a whole. Capt. Montgomery C. Meigs, the Army engineer in charge, and architect Thomas U. Walter were then overseeing the extension of the U.S. Capitol, which Congress had authorized in 1850 to house a growing legislature with new north and south wings. The photograph survives as a reference copy in an album of Meigs's engineering projects, which documented the work as it progressed.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Notes1 photoprint : salted paper.
SubjectsScaled. Reference copy in album: Engineering projects directed by Montgomery Meigs, Washington, D.C.--ca. 1852-1860, p. 52, no.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan873 × 1,257 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216759

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