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Paris on the Potomac : the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C.
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Paris on the Potomac : the French influence on the architecture and art of Washington, D.C.

Author: Cynthia R Field; Isabelle Gournay; Thomas P Somma
Publisher: Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, ©2007.
Series: Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol
Edition/Format: Book : Conference publication : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Conference publication, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Cynthia R Field; Isabelle Gournay; Thomas P Somma
ISBN: 9780821417591 0821417592 9780821417607 0821417606
OCLC Number: 86090536
Notes: Essays originated in a conference held by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society in 2002.
Description: ix, 164 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents: The French connection in Washington, D.C. : context and issues / Isabelle Gournay -- Remembering Paris : the Jefferson-Latrobe collaboration at the Capitol / William C. Allen -- "The son by the side of the father" : David d'Angers's busts of Washington and Lafayette in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol / Thomas P. Somma -- Private homes, public lives : francophilia among government officers and the Washington elite / Liana Paredes -- Interpreting the influence of Paris on the planning of Washington, D.C., 1870-1930 / Cynthia R. Field -- Appendix : architects and the French connection in Washington, D.C / Isabelle Gournay.
Series Title: Perspectives on the art and architectural history of the United States Capitol
Responsibility: compiled and edited by Cynthia R. Field, Isabelle Gournay and Thomas P. Somma.
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