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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ground floor plan] – Vintage Wall Art

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ground floor plan], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Ground floor plan], and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Washington DC 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. Ground floor plan], preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The sheet's inscription places this ground-floor plan of the United States Capitol before the Board in October 1793, when the building was still in its earliest planning stages. It is attributed to S. Hallet, the French-born architect Stephen Hallet, who worked on Capitol designs in the years before his dismissal in 1794. The drawing combines ink, watercolor, and graphite, and its colored washes help separate the rooms and passages on the lower level. Because it was laid before the commissioners, it offers a glimpse of how the early design was debated before construction took its final shape.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, color ink, and graphite on paper.
GenreInscription: C1 - the ground floor of a plan of the Capitol Laid before the Board in October 1793 - S. Hallet. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 541 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175809

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