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[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation rendering] – Antique Wall Art

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation rendering], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation rendering], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress 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: [Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Front elevation rendering], 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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Rather than a photograph, this is an ink drawing of the building's front elevation, showing the main facade as its designers planned it. Drawings like this guided construction and helped officials picture a major federal project before it was built. The Library of Congress had outgrown its quarters in the Capitol by the 1890s, and its main building, now called the Thomas Jefferson Building, opened in 1897 in the Beaux-Arts style with elaborate sculpture and decoration. The record does not give a precise date or artist for this copy, so its exact role in the project is uncertain.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink on paper.
GenreReference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 684 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138030

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