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[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Eastern elevation. South Wing] / Tho. U. Walter, archt., extension, of Capitol, U.S., Washington, D.C., Sept. 1851. – Antique Wall Art

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Eastern elevation. South Wing] / Tho. U. Walter, archt., extension, of Capitol, U.S., Washington, D.C., Sept. 1851., and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic image
[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Eastern elevation. South Wing] / Tho. U. Walter, archt., extension, of Capitol, U.S., Washington, D.C., Sept. 1851., 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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Step back in time with [United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Eastern elevation. South Wing] / Tho. U. Walter, archt., extension, of Capitol, U.S., Washington, D.C., Sept. 1851., a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Eastern elevation. South Wing] / Tho. U. Walter, archt., extension, of Capitol, U.S., Washington, D.C., Sept. 1851.

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Rather than a view of the building as it stood, this is an architectural drawing of the east face of the south wing, prepared by Thomas U. Walter and dated September 1851. Congress had outgrown the original 1800 building, so Walter was given the work of enlarging the Capitol, and the new north and south wings were begun that summer. The sheet survives as a salted paper photoprint, an early process in which paper coated with silver chloride recorded the architect's design in the new photographic medium of the 1850s.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
GenreScaled.
Notes1 photoprint : salted paper.
SubjectsUnited States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,440 × 1,150 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216757

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