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[Bronze doors for the east portico of the House wing, U.S. Capitol]

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Photograph of maquette of bronze doors for the U.S. Capitol by Thomas Crawford depicting events in American history.

In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 123.

The doors were designed by Thomas Crawford but modeled by William H. Rinehart after Crawford's death.

Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 1.

Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

United States Capitol Free Sock Photos. Public Domain, Royalty Free Images. The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building or Capitol Hill, is the home of the United States Congress, and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. President George Washington in 1791 selected the area that is now the District of Columbia from land ceded by Maryland. French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant who planned the new city of Washington located the Capitol at the elevated east end of the Mall, on the brow of what was then called Jenkins' Hill. The site was, in L'Enfant's words, "a pedestal waiting for a monument." President Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in the building's southeast corner on September 18, 1793, with Masonic ceremonies. Construction was a time-consuming process: the sandstone used for the building had to be ferried on boats from the quarries at Aquia, Virginia and workers had to be induced to leave their homes to come to the relative wilderness of Capitol Hill. Some third-floor rooms were still unfinished when the Congress, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, and the courts of the District of Columbia occupied the U.S. Capitol in late 1800.

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united states capitol washington dc doors and doorways washington dc maquettes salted paper prints bronze doors bronze doors portico house capitol united states capitol 1855 19th century lot 12251 thomas crawford william henry rinehart us capitol relief sculpture library of congress
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01/01/1855
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Crawford, Thomas, 1813 or 1814-1857, sculptor
Rinehart, William Henry, 1825-1874, sculptor
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United States Capitol

United States Capitol Free Sock Photos.
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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united states capitol washington dc doors and doorways washington dc maquettes salted paper prints bronze doors bronze doors portico house capitol united states capitol 1855 19th century lot 12251 thomas crawford william henry rinehart us capitol relief sculpture library of congress