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Design of a city hall proposed to be built in New York, 1802
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: LOT 13056 (H)
Extent: 1 v. (26 architectural drawings) : graphite, ink, watercolor, and wash ; 54 x 38 cm.
Note: Title from title page.
Note: Reference copies available for some LOT drawings in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes competition drawings showing city hall, courtrooms, dome, roof, Venetian windows, columns, capitals, flues, interiors, plaster work, and draperies as plans, elevations, sections, details, and perspective projections; sketches and renderings; architectural and interior design drawings; presentation drawings; HVAC drawings.
Title page, 1802
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 1 (H)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "DESIGN OF A CITY HALL proposed to be built in New York by B.H. Latrobe F.A.P.S." -- "Philadelphia 1802."
Summary: Title page includes sketch of seated figure holding a child.
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 2 (H)
Extent: 1 item.
Perspective rendering
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 3 (H)
Extent: 1 item : Watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "BH Latrobe de;. [...]"
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 4 (H)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank page
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 5 (H)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank page with inscription
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 6 (H)
Extent: 1 item.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Cellars for Foundation if any"
Drawing no. 2 - Plan of basement story
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 7 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/ink/other on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Basement of Story" -- "2" -- "City Archives" -- "Common Wood Cellar." -- "City Watch" -- "Surrogate." -- "City Chamberlin" -- "Sheriff." -- "Clerk" -- "Supreme Court" -- "Commissioners of Streets & Sewers." -- "Clerk of the City" -- "Privies"
Plan of the principal story
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 8 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/ink/other on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Principal Story." -- "Courtroom." -- "Jury."
Plan of the 2nd story
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 9 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Second Story." -- "4" -- "Court room." -- "Library." -- "Council Chamber" -- "Housekeeper." -- "Gallery."
Plan of the Butments of the dome
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 10 (H)
Extent: 1 item :watercolor/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Buttments of the Dome." -- "5"
Plan of the roof
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 11 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/ink/other on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Roof." -- "6."
Elevation of principal front
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 12 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the Principal Front" -- "7."
Elevation of north front
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 13 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the North Front." -- "8"
Elevation of the flanks
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 14 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the Flanks." -- "9"
Longitudinal section through the center
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 15 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Longitudinal section through the Center." -- "10."
Transverse section through the center
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 16 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Transverse Section through the Center." -- "11."
Longitudinal section through the Council Chamber
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 17 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Longitudinal Section thro' the Council Chamber." -- "12"
Sections through Courtroom and Hall
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 18 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Transverse Section Eastward through the Courtroom.--" -- "Diagonal Section of the Hall.--" -- "13"
Transverse section through east end
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 19 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Transverse Section through the East End.--" -- "14."
Section of the flues in crosswall
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 20 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Section of the Flues in the first Cross Wall.--" -- "Plan shewing the manner in which the flues must be drawn over the upper lobby." -- "15"
Section of the flues in 2nd crosswall
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 21 (H)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor/wash/ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Second of the Flues in the Second Cross Walls." -- "16."
Principal front removing the portico
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 22 (H)
Extent: 1 item : ink/watercolor on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Principal Front removing the Portico.--" -- "17."
Column capital renderings
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 23 (H)
Extent: 1 item : ink/wash on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "18"
Lesser venetian window
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 24 (H)
Extent: 1 item : inks on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Lesser Venetian Window." -- "19"
Window - large courtroom & council chamber
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 25 (H)
Extent: 1 item : ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Window of the Large Court-room & Council Chamber" -- "20."
Crown of dome, moldings at base of dome
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 26 (H)
Extent: 1 item : ink on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Crown of the Dome." -- "Mouldings of the Base of the Dome." -- "21."
Columns in the basement of the flanks
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 27 (H)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on paper
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Column in the Basement of the Flanks."-- "22."
Blank page with inscriptions
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 28 (H)
Extent: 1 item.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "External Mouldings." -- "23."
Blank page with inscriptions
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 29 (H)
Extent: 1 item.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Naked floor attic.--" -- "24."
Blank page with inscriptions
Call No.: LOT 13056, no. 30 (H)
Extent: 1 item.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Detail of Roof 25."
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