House Reading Room, Library Congress, Washington DC, 1893, Original Hand Colored

Description

A Beautifully Detailed, Original Plan of
the
House Reading Room at the Library of Congress in Washington DC
HAND COLORED.
Smithmeyer & Pelz, Architects. From The American Architect and Building News, July 25, 1893.
This picture is extremely hard to find, as the Architect not only had a very small circulation during that time, but very few were actually preserved or colored as this has been.  It measures approximately 12 by 16 inches.  It has a mat border and foam core backing (not attached to the picture).  The whole plan measures approximately 16 by 20 inches (with mat border).  Finely detailed and beautifully hand-colored.  Shrink wrapped.