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Architectural drawings for a theater and hotel building ("Theatre, Assembly Rooms and an hotel"), Richmond, Virginia, 1797-1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885
Extent: 22 items : watercolor, wash, and ink ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Note: Arrangement of drawings in the UNIT follows original order.
Note: Drawings removed from binding; original covers and six blank sheets retained in the UNIT.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Preliminary and presentation drawings showing site, theater and stage setting, and hotel building as site plans, plans, elevations, sections, and perspective projections; sketches and renderings; structural drawings; interior design drawings; topographic maps; maps.
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 1 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 2 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
3-Title Sheet with vignette, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 3 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : wash, watercolor, and ink on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "DESIGNS of a Building proposed to be erected at RICHMOND, VIRGINIA to contain a THEATRE, ASSEMBLY-ROOMS, AND AN HOTEL by B.Henry Latrobe Boneval, Architect & Engineer" -- "Nunc est bibemdum, nunc pede libero pulfanda tellus. Hor. Od. Lib." -- "Begun Dec. 2d 1797. finished Jany 8th 1798."
4--Table of Contents (incomplete), 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 4 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : wash, ink, and watercolor on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Description of the Drawings and General Observations."
4--urn, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 4v (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor and wash on paper.
5--section of theatre with figures, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 5 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor and wash on paper.
Note: From album: Designs of a building to be erected at Richmond in Virginia, to contain a theatre, assembly-rooms, and an hotel.
Summary: Presentation drawing showing interior of theater, assembly rooms, and hotel as section.
6-interior perspective rendering, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 6 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper.
7--map of Richmond, Virginia, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 7 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink ; 41 x 56 cm.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of part of the city of RICHMOND, shewing the situation of the proposed BUILDING."
Summary: Map and site plan showing Richmond and a proposed theater and hotel building.
8--perspective sketch, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 8 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink on paper.
9--foundation plan, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 9 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : wash, watercolor, and ink on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the FOUNDATION-STORY." -- "III" -- "Laundry." --"Housekeeper's room." -- "Bakehouse" -- "Servants hall" -- "Kitchen" -- "Wine Cellars."
10-Ground floor plan, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 10 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN OF THE GROUND-STORY." -- "IV." -- "Private Dining room" -- "Supper room" -- "Green room" -- "Dining room" -- "Coffee room" -- "Fruit store" -- "Store of Merchandise" -- "Pit" -- "Under the Stage" -- "Arcade."
11-1st floor plan, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 11 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN OF THE FIRST FLOOR." -- "V" -- "Ball room" -- "Card room" -- "Private Card parties" -- "Chamber" -- "Stage" -- "Box lobby" -- "Dressing rooms" -- "Ladies Dressing room" -- "Servants waiting room."
12-2nd floor plan, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 12 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN OF THE SECOND FLOOR" -- "VI." -- "Carpenter's shop." -- "Carpenters Gallery" -- "Painting room" -- "Music Gallery" -- "Gallery" -- "Upper Boxes" -- "Gallery Lobby."
13--Principal (NW) front & SE front elevations, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 13 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the South-East FRONT." -- "Elevation of the PRINCIPAL, OR N.West, FRONT." -- "VII."
14--SW and NE flanks of hotel, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 14 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the S.W. Flank, being the FRONT of the HOTEL." --"Elevation of the N.E. Flank, being the FRONT of the ROOMS," -- "VIII."
15--section or internal view of theatre, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 15 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: Section or Internal View of the Theatre [...]"
16--front of the stage, 1797 or 1798
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 16 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "Front of the Stage."
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 17 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 18 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 19 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 20 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2885, no. 21 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Architectural drawings for houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Virginia"), 1795-1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886
Extent: 39 items : watercolor, ink, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Note: Portfolio size: 53 x 38 cm.
Note: Drawings removed from binding; original order maintained.
Note: Includes a title page annotated by Latrobe.
Note: In the 1940s, these drawings were described in the Library's catalog as a book of 25 plates (53 cm) with the call number NA737.L34 A45 (folio) and title Designs of buildings erected or proposed to be built in Virginia.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes preliminary and presentation drawings to illustrate a projected publication showing various sites, houses, and a church as site plans, plans, elevations, perspective projections; sections, and details; sketches and renderings; interior design drawings; landscape architecture drawings; topographic maps; miscellaneous supplementary materials.
II Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 1 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Note: Misc. supp. Includes thread fragments from former binding (regular misc. supp. storage). There is also C size misc. supp., the portfolio cover. Formerly bound--arranged in original order.
Title page with vignette, 1798 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 2 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions: "DESIGNS OF BUILDINGS ERECTED OR PROPOSED TO BE BUILT IN VIRGINIA, BY B. Henry LATROBE Boneval. From 1795 to 1799." --"B.H. Latrobe in[]" -- "Richmond 1798" -- "Philadelphia Septr. 8. 1799."
Explanation of title page vignette, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 2v (C size)
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