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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

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[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibule, library & senate chamber, House of Representatives]

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Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a deeper red, the work commenced for the completion of the wings, agreeably to the suggestions of both houses of Congrefs.Those colored grey are not ultimately determi[...] and are submitted to the President. UStates." "BHenry Latrobe Surveyor of the Capitol U.S. March 18. 1817." "Grand Vestibule. Hall of Inaguration, of impeachment and of all public occasions." "Hall of Representatives" "Library. 96.0 x 32." "Common Vestibule" "Senate Chamber" "East Portico."
Inscriptions on verso: "Design for Capitol" "Plans of Capitol[,] BHenry Latrobe."
Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Out of the Ashes : A New Library for the Nation" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May - November, 2015.

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01/01/1817
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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
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