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Jefferson's Drawings for the Rotunda

South Elevation of the Rotunda, 1819

South Elevation of the Rotunda, 1819

Pricking, scoring, iron-gall ink, pencil on laid paper engraved with coordinate lines, 8 3/4 x 8 3/4. N 328. Jefferson Papers.

Section of the Rotunda, 1819<br />

Section of the Rotunda, 1819

Pricking, iron-gall ink on laid paper engraved with coordinate lines, 8 3/4 x 8 3/4. N-329. Jefferson Papers.

Plan for the Dome Room of the Rotunda, 1819

Plan for the Dome Room of the Rotunda, 1819

Pricking, scoring, iron-gall ink, pencil on laid paper engraved with coordinate lines, 12 1/4 x 8 5/8. N-331. Jefferson Papers.

Study for Elevation of Rotunda and Pavilions IX and X, 1823.

Attributed to John Neilson (formerly attributed to Cornelia Jefferson Randolph).

Study for Elevation of Rotunda and Pavilions IX and X, 1823.

Pricking, pencil, India ink, iron-gall ink, and tinted washes on wove paper, 11 x 17 1/2. N354. Jefferson Papers.