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[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Front elevation]" – Antique Print

[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Front elevation]", and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)." — historic drawing
[Library of Congress (Congressional Library") D.C. Front elevation]", and Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html).". Historic drawing from the Library of Congress collection.

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This elevation shows the front of the Library of Congress as it was planned for its site in Washington, D.C., drawn in ink and graphite on paper. The building was designed by architects John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz, whose plans were chosen after a competition in the 1870s, and it opened in 1897 as the nation's library, later named for Thomas Jefferson. Architectural drawings like this one show the proportions, ornament, and symmetry of the facade before construction, so they reveal how the architects meant the building to look as a civic monument.

Created / publishedand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
MediumADE - UNIT 2423, no. 1 (C size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Genre1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan1,536 × 752 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138056

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