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South gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C. – Antique Wall Art

South gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C., 1839 — historic drawing
South gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C., 1839. Historic drawing 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: South gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic drawing. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The drawing shows the south gateway to the Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., a point of entry that gets far less attention than the building's east front and dome. It dates to 1839, when the Capitol was still unfinished. Work on the building had begun in the 1790s, and the grounds around it were gradually being shaped into a formal landscape of walks, gates and fencing. Drawings like this one record the setting as the young capital was taking form, and they show how the approaches to the national legislature were understood in the years before the Civil War.

Created / published1839
Medium1 drawing.
GenreDrawings American 1830-1840.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1830-1840. Gates--1830-1840.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,116 × 1,685 px · prints to 7 × 6 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-215890

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