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Architectural drawings for houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Virginia"), 1795-1799 (continued)
Sections showing interiors, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 22 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: John Tayloe House.
Note: Inscription on recto: "20."
Dining room plan with elevations, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 23 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: John Tayloe House.
Note: Inscription on recto: "21."
Library plan with elevations, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 24 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink on paper.
Note: John Tayloe House.
Note: Inscription on recto: "22."
Perspective of house on James River, and sketch, 1797 December
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 25 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "25" -- "Put 2 Blank leaves before this." -- "BHLatrobe Boneval inv et del. Dec 1797."
Front elevation and floor plans, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 26 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "26."
Blank sheet
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 27 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Garden temple elevations and floor plan, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 28 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Title from Cohen and Brawnell.
Note: Inscription on recto: "28."
Side elevation and basement floor plan, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 29 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "29."
Lodge - Sections showing interior elevation, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 30 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscription on recto: "30."
Shockoe church - Front elevation rendering, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 31 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper.
Note: Richmond, Virginia.
Note: Inscription on recto: "31."
Shockoe church - Floor plan, between 1795 and 1799
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 32 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : wash, watercolor, and ink on paper.
Note: Inscription on verso: "Put 10 Blank leaves after this For John Mayos House, Volney's Philosophiere, My own house.-- & Sketches"
Note: Notations include computations.
Blank signature - p. 33 & 38
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 33 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank signature - p. 34 & 37
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 34 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank signature - p. 35 & 36
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 35 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank signature - p. 39 & 40
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 36 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank sheet - p. 41
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 37 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
Blank sheet - p. 42
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2886, no. 38 (C Size)
Extent: 1 item.
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
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