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United States Capitol

File / Documentation
Name

115336_sv.jpg

Size

1.89 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

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115336_tm.jpg

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27.43 KB

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JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

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Creator(s)
architect: William Thornton (American, 1759-1828), architect: Benjamin Henry Latrobe (British, 1764-1820, active in United States), architect: Charles Bulfinch (American, 1763-1844), architect: Robert Mills (American, 1781-1855), architect: Thomas Ustick Walter (American, 1804-1887)
Time period
creation date: 1793-1865
Location
Site: Washington (District of Columbia, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC 20515
exterior, dome
Work type
Capitol
Medium
stone
wood (plant material)
cast iron
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by G. E. Kidder Smith
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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