Wikimedia Commons

File:Flickr - USCapitol - Ruins of House Chamber after Fire of 1814.jpg

Original file ‎(2,500 × 1,121 pixels, file size: 2.07 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary edit

Description

attributed to Giovanni Andrei, 1814 or 1815

Only some remains of the Corinthian colonnade remained in the House Chamber after the British burned the Capitol in 1814 during the War of 1812. Long poles were used to prevent the entablature from falling to the floor.


This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used the photographic credit line should read “Architect of the Capitol.” These images may not be used in any way that would imply endorsement by the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Congress of a product, service or point of view. For more information visit www.aoc.gov.
Date
Source Ruins of House Chamber after Fire of 1814
Author USCapitol

Licensing edit

Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the Architect of the Capitol, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, all images created or made by the Architect of the Capitol are in the public domain in the United States. Architect of the Capitol logo
This image was originally posted to Flickr by USCapitol at https://www.flickr.com/photos/65191584@N07/7831664318. It was reviewed on 8 October 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the United States Government Work.

8 October 2012

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current22:27, 8 October 2012Thumbnail for version as of 22:27, 8 October 20122,500 × 1,121 (2.07 MB)Matanya (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=attributed to Giovanni Andrei, 1814 or 1815 Only some remains of the Corinthian colonnade remained in the House Chamber after the British burned the Capitol in 1814 during the War of 1812. Long poles w...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Flickr_-_USCapitol_-_Ruins_of_House_Chamber_after_Fire_of_1814.jpg&oldid=810343715"