Capital drawings
Subtitle: architectural designs for Washington, D.C., from the Library of Congress
By: edited by C. Ford Peatross ; with the assistance of Pamela Scott, Diane Tepfer, and Leslie Freudenheim.
Contributors: Peatross, C. Ford.; Scott, Pamela, 1944-; Tepfer, Diane.; Freudenheim, Leslie Mandelson, 1941-; Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division.
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Library of Congress
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Baltimore; Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Library of Congress. -- Prints and Photographs Division.; Architectural drawing -- Washington (D.C.); Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- Designs and plans.; Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Genres: Designs and plans.
Description: "Over the past ten years, the Library of Congress has catalogued more than forty thousand drawings, prints, and photographs that capture important developments in the growth of Washington, D.C., and its greater metropolitan area, including Virginia and Maryland. This volume, a guide to the library's massive collection, offers an introduction to its content and a celebration of the ambitious project of designing the nation's capital." "Capital Drawings features some of Washington's most important buildings, monuments, and memorials - the United States Capitol, the White House, and the Vietnam Memorial - as well as anonymous structures of everyday life and ambitious projects that were never built. These newly available documents tell the story of the capital's planning and growth."--Jacket.
Notes: From the Washingtoniana II project of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references and index.