Historic Framed Print, [U.S. Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue before 1814].B.H.L., 17-7/8" x 21-7/8"

Beautiful historic reproduction print from the Library of Congress collections.

Created between 1814 and 1820 Title supplied by the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Drawing formerly attributed to Latrobe. Aikman identifies the drawing as a Latrobe watercolor, made from memory after British soldiers burned the Capitol in 1814. A pen and ink drawing with highlights in white gouache and black and gray washes. Aikman, L. We, the people, p. 25 Reference copy in Lot 4386-6BA; Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Ford Peatross, Curator of Architecture, Design & Engineering, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, indicated on 9/11/2000 that several qualities of this drawing are inconsistent with Latrobe's technique; also that Latrobe drawing scholars Charles Brownell and Jeffrey Cohen have both rejected this drawing as a Latrobe. Ink drawings 1810-1820.Wash drawings 1810-1820.

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