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Image Title: United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principal Story - Plan, Elevation, Section, Detail, circa 1803

Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect

Date: Between 1803 and 1814

Notes: Inscriptions on recto: "Details of the North Wing of the Capitol on the Principal Floor. Scale 8 feet to an inch." "Fig. 1 Plan of the dome of the North Wing of the Capitol, showing the manner of carrying up the Chimnies, [sic] proposed." "Fig. 2. Plan of the staircase." "Fig. 3. Section of the Staircase on the principal floor." "Fig. 4. Section of the Central Lobby of the Senate - Chamber" "Fig. 5. Elevation of the Top of the Dome." "Fig. 6. Plan of the principal Story of the North wing of the Capitol, as proposed to be altered."

Original Media: Drawing

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