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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]" – Vintage Print

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]", and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)" — historic drawing
[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]", 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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Step back in time with [United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. West elevation High Dome"]", a historic drawing 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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What sets this drawing apart is its inscription on the verso, which identifies it as Thornton's plan for the west elevation, so it shows the Capitol as William Thornton imagined it rather than as it was finally built. Thornton, a physician and self-taught architect, won the competition for the building's design in the early 1790s, and this elevation reflects the classical massing he proposed, with a central dome. That dome differs from the cast-iron one completed in the 1860s, a reminder of how the building changed over decades of construction. The work is ink, watercolor and graphite on paper, and a reference copy has been exhibited at the Capitol Visitor Center.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)"
Medium1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
GenreInscription on recto: West Elevation of the Capitol. Inscription on verso: Thornton's Plan West Elevation. Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Exhibited: Capitol Visitor's Center" at the U.S. Capitol
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 943 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110443

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