![The Diplomatic Reception Room](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090118131156im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/photoessay/images/400-diplomatic.jpg) |
Used as entrance to the White House from the South Grounds, the Diplomatic Reception Room features a panoramic wallpaper called "Views of North America." The complete set of 32 somewhat fanciful scenes, based on engravings of the 1820's, shows American landscapes that were particularly admired by Europeans.
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