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Hand-colored elevation drawing of the U.S. Capitol with flags – Vintage Print

Hand-colored elevation drawing of the U.S. Capitol with flags — historic drawing
Hand-colored elevation drawing of the U.S. Capitol with flags. Historic drawing from the U.S. Capitol collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of Hand-colored elevation drawing of the U.S. Capitol with flags. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Hand-colored elevation drawing of the U.S. Capitol with flags

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A hand-colored elevation drawing of the U.S. Capitol, with its flags, shows the building as its designers meant it to be seen: a flat, front-on view rather than a painter's sense of the view from the street. Elevation drawings like this were used by architects and builders to lay out proportions, window bays and the dome, and when color was added by hand, the result often served as a presentation piece for patrons or the public. The Capitol was rebuilt and enlarged across much of the 19th century, so a drawing of this kind captures one stage in a project that took decades to finish. Its flags, set against the pale stone, are worth a closer look for what they suggest about how the government's home was presented to the nation.

Original scan3,638 × 2,400 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi
Reference1834 tif09409_UnitedStatesCapitolWashingtonD

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