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Architectural drawing for a museum (National Museum") Washington – Vintage Print

Architectural drawing for a museum (National Museum") Washington, ADE - UNIT 2594, no. 7 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items) — historic drawing
Architectural drawing for a museum (National Museum") Washington, ADE - UNIT 2594, no. 7 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items). Historic drawing from the White House collection.

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This rare historic drawing captures Architectural drawing for a museum (National Museum") Washington in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Architectural drawing for a museum (National Museum") Washington

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Unlike the White House views on this board, this sheet is a working architectural drawing for a museum building in Washington, identified in its record as the National Museum. Drawings like this one, from the Library of Congress architecture, design and engineering holdings, show how a building was planned before construction, with plans, elevations and details drawn to scale for builders to follow. The National Museum, now part of the Smithsonian Institution, grew out of the federal collections that filled the capital's public buildings in the nineteenth century, and its architecture reflected the civic ambitions of that era. The record offers little more detail, so the drawing is best read as a glimpse of how Washington's public buildings were conceived.

Created / publishedADE - UNIT 2594, no. 7 (D size) [P&P]Check for an online group record (may link to related items)
Medium2001695774
Genreand Engineering (ADE) Drawings" (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/103_ade.html)."
NotesFor information see Architecture
SubjectsDesign
Original scan4,096 × 3,266 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-190507

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