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Architectural drawings for a monument ("Washington Monument"), Washington, D.C., 1799-1800
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2545
Extent: 2 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Date and city name from The Architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1994.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Presentation drawings showing pyramidal monument, terrace, and ceiling murals with allegorical figures as plan, reflected ceiling plan, and perspective projection; renderings.
Rendered perspective, between 1799 and 1800
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2545, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper ; 27.5 x 53.4 cm.
Note: Mounted on paper.
Reflected ceiling plan, between 1799 and 1800
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2545, no. 2 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper ; 28.1 x 53.1 cm.
Note: Mounted on paper.
Architectural drawings for a bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Related Names: Latrobe, John H. B. 1803-1891, delineator
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546
Extent: 15 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Some drawings delineated by JHBL (i.e., John H. B. Latrobe).
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Competition drawings showing site, bank building, stockholder's room, cashier's and President's rooms, transfer & loan offices, ceiling, and roof as site plans, plans, reflected ceiling plans, elevations, and sections; renderings.
Partial cover sheet, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "DESI[GN] FOR. A. BANK. OF. THE [...] AT PHILAD[ELPHIA]" -- "By B. Henry B. Latrobe, late[...]" "1818" "Sculpsit [].[]." -- "1."
Note: Mounted on paper.
Site plan, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 2 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "PLAN of the WHOLE LOT and BUILDING." -- "Bank" -- "Portico" -- "Private Buildings" -- "BHenry Latrobe 1818." -- "JHBL del:" -- "2."
Note: Mounted on paper.
Cellar story plan, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 3 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Cellar Story.--" -- "BHenry BLatrobe 1818." -- "JHBL del." -- "3."
Note: Lined with paper.
Plan of the principal story, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 4 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Principal Story" -- "BHLatrobe 1918." -- "4" -- "Bank" -- "Stockholder's Room."
Note: Lined with paper.
Plan of the 2nd story, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 5 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the second Story" -- "Benj.2 Henry B Latrobe 1818." -- "JHBL.del" -- "5."
Note: Lined with paper.
Reflected ceiling plan, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 6 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor and ink on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Cielings [sic].__" -- "BHenry BLatrobe" -- "6."
Note: Lined with paper.
Roof plan, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 7 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Roof.--" -- "BHenry Latrobe 1818" -- "JHBL del" -- "7."
Note: Lined with paper.
North and south front, elevation, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 8 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper ; 45 x 65 cm.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: North & South Front including the Streets East & West -- B. Henry Latrobe 1818.
Note: Lined with paper.
Sketch of east & west flanks, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 9 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, wash, and ink on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Sketch of the East & West flanks.--" -- "12" -- "9" -- "BHLatrobe 1818.--" -- "JHBL del."
Note: Lined with paper.
Section from west to east, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 10 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Section through the Bank, from West to East" -- "BHenry B. Latrobe 1818.--" -- "10."
Note: Lined with paper.
Section from west to east, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 11 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Section from West to East thro' the Stock holder's room" -- "B Henry BLatrobe 1818" -- "JHBL del" -- "11" -- "15."
Note: Lined with paper.
Section from north to south, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 12 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Section from North to South.-- "BHenry B Latrobe 1818" -- "JHBL del" -- "12."
Note: Lined with paper.
Section - east and west, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 13 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Section, E & W. through the Transfer & Loan Offices." -- "BHenryBLatrobe 1818." -- "13" -- "16."
Note: Lined with paper.
Section - east and west, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 14 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscription(s) on recto: "Section E. & W. through the Cashier's and President's rooms." -- "BHenry B Latrobe.-- " -- "JHBL del" -- "14" -- "1[]."
Note: Lined with paper.
Explanatory sheet, 1818 August 1
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2546, no. 15 (D size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "The designs herewith submitted are..." -- "BHenry B Latrobe" -- "Philadelphia Augst 1st 1818.--" -- "16" -- "2."
Note: Lined with paper.
Naval architecture drawing for a vessel ("Stern of the Sloop of War Hornet"), 1811
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2554
Extent: 1 item : ink, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Naval architecture drawing for a vessel ("Stern of the Sloop of War Hornet"), 1811
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2554, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : ink, wash, and graphite
Note: Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files.
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