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Actions Displays	Proposed Capitol drawing Remove from selection Add to selection Download mediaDownload media Object number2017.00025 TitleProposed Capitol drawing Creator Marc Isambard Brunel DescriptionElevation of Brunel's design for the Capitol building of the United States of America. Signed M. Id. Brunel and dated 1794. Depicts a building consisting of a two-tiered colonnaded rotunda with four Grecian porticoes, surmounted by a statue of Liberty seated beside the globe. On the ground level are statues of Fame, Mercury, and female statues representing Wisdom, Victory, Plenty, and Justice. The print measures 266 by 468mm and the mount 404 by 558mm. The mount is marked 'USNY1' in pencil and is sealed only along the top edge. Production date 1794 Object namedrawing Object categoryart Dimensions Print height: 266 mm width: 468 mm Mount height: 404 mm width: 558 mm Credit linePurchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Friends of the National Libraries and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund

Object number2017.00025

TitleProposed Capitol drawing

DescriptionElevation of Brunel's design for the Capitol building of the United States of America. Signed M. Id. Brunel and dated 1794. Depicts a building consisting of a two-tiered colonnaded rotunda with four Grecian porticoes, surmounted by a statue of Liberty seated beside the globe. On the ground level are statues of Fame, Mercury, and female statues representing Wisdom, Victory, Plenty, and Justice. The print measures 266 by 468mm and the mount 404 by 558mm. The mount is marked 'USNY1' in pencil and is sealed only along the top edge.

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Credit linePurchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Friends of the National Libraries and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund

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