Plan of the Mall and Vicinity Showing Existing and Proposed Buildings
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pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite
Dimensions
sight size: 30 x 66 cm (11 13/16 x 26 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Acquired from Eggers and Higgins, Architects
Accession Number
1984.44.39
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the National Gallery of, where we showcase treasures like *Plan of the Mall and Vic Showing Existing and Proposed Buildings (1937) by renowned architect John Russell Pope. meticulous drawing, executed in pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite, a visionary blueprint for Washington, D.C.'s iconic National Mall. 30 x 66 cm, itoses existing structures with ambitious proposals, reflecting the era's drive to expand the capital's monumental core. Pope, a master of Beaux-Arts neoclassicism, designed enduring landmarks like the National Gallery itself (opened 1941) and the Jefferson...
About the Artist
John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope (1874–1937) was a preeminent American architect whose monumental neoclassical designs defined much of Washington's monumental core. Born on April 24, 1874, in New York City to portrait painters John Pope and Mary Avery Loomis Pope, he grew up immersed in an artistic milieu that foreshadowed his own career. After initial studies at the City College of New York in 1888 and graduati...