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| Architectural drawings for the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1803-1814 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Section of south wing, looking south, between 1803 and 1814 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, wash, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: On verso: floor plan, sketch in graphite. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Notations include computations. | |||||||||||||
| Elevation, colonnade, after burning of Capitol, 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 19 (C size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "House of Representatives after the Burning of the Capitol by the British in 1814" - "11." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Framing & ceiling plan - Hall of Representatives, 1805 November 28 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 20 (D size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "[...] Plan of the Framing of the Roof of the Hall of Rep. Washn." --"Cieling [sic] of the Hall of Representatives, Capitol Washington BHLatrobe, Surv. PB." -- "Novr. 28th United States Washn. 1805" | |||||||||||||
| Note: Notations include computations. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| South wing - console, 1805 July 24 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 21 (B size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "For Wm. Lenthall -" -- "Face of the Consol of the corner rooms of the South Wing of the Capitol" -- "BHLatrobe S. pb. US. 1805" -- "July 24." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Principal story - plan, elevation, section, detail, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 22 (B size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Details of the North Wing of the Capitol on the Principal Floor. Scale 8 feet to an inch." -- "Fig. 1 Plan of the dome of the North Wing of the Capitol, showing the manner of carrying up the Chimnies, [sic] proposed." -- "Fig. 2. Plan of the staircase." -- "Fig. 3. Section of the Staircase on the principal floor." -- "Fig. 4. Section of the Central Lobby of the Senate - Chamber" -- "Fig. 5. Elevation of the Top of the Dome." -- "Fig. 6. Plan of the principal Story of the North wing of the Capitol, as proposed to be altered." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on verso: "14" -- "1." | |||||||||||||
| North Wing roof - plan, elevation & section, 1807 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 23 (B size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Designs for the Roof of the North Wing of the Capitol, as proposed to be carried up in the Year 1807." -- "Wm Lenthall, Clk Wks." -- "Section East & West" -- "Section North & South" -- "Plan of the Center." -- "proportion for the Cupola" -- "BHenry Latrobe Surv. p.Bldgs UStates. Augt 1807." -- "38-2" -- "[...]" | |||||||||||||
| Note: Verso obscured. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper. | |||||||||||||
| North wing, section of grand stairway, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 24 (C size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscription on recto: "Stair in the Old Capitol." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Plan & section of roof, north wing, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 25 (C size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "For Wm. Lenthall Clk Wks." -- "Plan of the proposed alterations of the Roof of the North Wing" -- "Section thro' the Center of the two Domes" -- "Section thro' the Gutters." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Senate Chamber Lobby, north wing, plan & section, 1807 August | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 26 (B size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and wash on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Wm. Lenthall Clk Wks" -- "Details of the Lobby of the Senate Chamber on the Principal floor, North Wing of the Capitol." -- "Section North & South" -- "Section East & West" -- "Plan on the principal floor" -- "These piers on the attic story are to be only of nine inches projection. BHenry Latrobe Surv. pub. Bldgs. UStates Augt. 1807" -- "3." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Sections of north wing looking north & east, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 27 (C size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscription on recto: "N.Wing section North & South through Senate chamber and Supreme Court Old Capitol." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| President's chair, elevations, plans & details, 1809 October 20 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 28 (E size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, wash, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "President's chair &c Senate U.S." -- "BHLatrobe S.PBU.S. Oct. 20. 1809" | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Interior elevation & reflected ceiling plan, Senate Chamber, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Related Names: Bridport, George, artist | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 29 (D size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing on laid paper : watercolor, ink, and wash ; sheet 70.3 x 47.5 cm, on cream laid paper mount 71.6 x 48.5 cm, on tan wove paper mount 72.7 x 49.2 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscription on recto: "Believed to be George Bridport, unknown subject." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscription on verso (on linen lining): "NOTE IN HANDWRITING OF JOHN H.B. LATROBE [,] T.F. HANDEN." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Detail (with magnolia) of Senate domes & roof, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 30 (D size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Drawing is hinged. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Inclination of the floor slabs of the blinds of the windows of the lanthern [sic]. Senate Chamber U.S.--full size" -- "Senate as rebuilt." | |||||||||||||
| Detail (with magnolia) upper columns gallery, 1809 June 12 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 31 (D size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : wash, watercolor, and ink. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Includes sketch of Long Branch, Robert Carter Burwell's residence, Clarke County, Virginia. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress). | |||||||||||||
| Summary: Architectural drawing showing magnolia column capitals as details. | |||||||||||||
| Floral (magnolia) decorative relief, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 32 (D size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Library of Congress, north wing, section & plans, 1808 November 18 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 33 (D size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and wash on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Rooms labelled: "Upper gallery," "lower gallery," "reading room," "grand jury room" [i.e. Supreme Court chamber], "Clerk of the Court," "jury room," and "jury room." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Design of the Library of the Congress of the United States North Wing of the Capitol. By BHenry Latrobe Surveyor of the public Bldgs U.States. begun Nov. 18. 1808.--" -- "Section from South to North" -- "Plan of the South end of the library lowest floor under the Gallery" -- "Plan of the Ground story." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscription on verso (on paper mount): "Egyptian design for LC of 1808 (Hamlin's Benjamin H. Latrobe, plate 25)" | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Library of Congress & Judiciary Rooms, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 34 (C size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, ink, and graphite on paper ; 24 x 57 cm. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Section thro' the reading Room" -- "Section through the Center." -- "Plan of the North end, level of the upper Gallery." -- "Section of the Ground story." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Library of Congress, details, north wing, between 1803 and 1814 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 35 (D size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, ink, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Details of the Library of the Congress U.S. in the N. Wing of the Capitol Washington" -- "Section of the Blocking" -- "Section of the Upper Colonade [sic]." -- "Section of the front of the Galleries" -- "40." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Supreme Court chamber, section & plan of bench, 1808 September 26 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 36 (B size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Section of the Court Room N.Wing, Capitol in front of the Bench" -- "Section thro the Fireplaces on the Bench" -- "Ground plan of the Bench" -- "Section East & West thro' the Center of the Bench" -- "Backing Arch Transverse Section" -- "BHenry Latrobe Surv. of the public Bldg & U.S. Septr. 26th 1808." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Notations include computations. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
| Court room plan, elevation, section, details, 1809 January 14 | |||||||||||||
| Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect | |||||||||||||
| Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2462, no. 37 (C size) | |||||||||||||
| Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Details of the Court Room, North Wing of the Capitol Washington Jany. 1809" -- "Section of the lower Gallery at A" -- "BHenry Latrobe S. P. Bldgs. U. St." | |||||||||||||
| Note: Verso obscured. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Notations include computations. | |||||||||||||
| Note: Mounted on paper on linen. | |||||||||||||
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