Progressive view of dome, first column on roof, 2; east front from Senate (north wing) roof, looking south – Vintage Photo Print
(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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Step back in time with Progressive view of dome, first column on roof, 2; east front from Senate (north wing) roof, looking south, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Progressive view of dome, first column on roof, 2; east front from Senate (north wing) roof, looking south
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Taken from the roof of the Senate wing, this August 1857 view looks south across the Capitol's east front toward the dome, where the first column of the new iron structure stands on the roof. Benjamin Brown French, who served as Commissioner of Public Buildings and oversaw the Capitol's expansion, compiled the album in which this print appears. The salted paper print shows the iron framing rising as the project took shape, when the familiar dome was still only partly built. The columns and the iron construction are the details worth noticing here.
| Created / published | 1857 August 12. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 28.5 x 43 cm. |
| Notes | In album: Benjamin Brown French Photographs |
| Subjects | United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1850-1860. Columns--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1860. Iron construction--Washington (D.C.)--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,133 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158032 |
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