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Architectural drawings for a bank building ("2nd Bank of the United States"), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1818 (continued)
Reflected ceiling plan, 1818 (continued)
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.
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Note: Includes sketches of two fluted columns for the U.S. Capitol, Hall of Representatives entrance (1st campaign).
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Design for the Stern of the Sloop of War Hornet" -- "History" -- "Young" -- "Apollo" -- " Knowledge" -- "Cloathes."
Summary: Working drawing showing stern of vessel, American eagle, dolphin, and 6-pointed star as elevation and detail; sketch and rendering; architectural drawing.
Architectural drawing for a country house, 1811
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2555
Extent: 1 item : watercolor and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Architectural drawing for a country house, 1811
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2555, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor and graphite
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Note: Date from J. Cohen's Architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1994.
Note: Probably Long Branch, the Robert Carter Burnwell house, Clarke County, Va.
Summary: Presentation drawing showing house and landscape as perspective projection; rendering.
Architectural drawing for alterations to a two-story house, 1810-1830
Related Names: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect (former attribution)
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2556
Extent: 1 item : watercolor and ink, in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Architectural drawing for alterations to a two-story house, 1810-1830
Related Names: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect (former attribution)
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2556, no. 1
Extent: 1 item : watercolor and ink
Note: Previously considered to be Decatur House by Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
Note: Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files.
Summary: Working drawing showing house as plan and elevation; rendering.
Architectural drawing for ironwork for Decatur House, 748 Jackson Place, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1820-1850
Related Names: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect (former attribution)
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2557
Extent: 1 item : graphite, in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Architectural drawing for ironwork for Decatur House, 748 Jackson Place, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1820-1850
Related Names: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect (former attribution)
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2557 , no. 1
Extent: 1 item : graphite
Note: Drawing previously attributed to Benjamin Henry Latrobe.
Note: Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files.
Summary: Working drawing showing fence, stair rails, and lantern as elevations and details.
Architectural drawings for a house ("Decatur House") for Commodore Stephen Decatur, 748 Jackson Place, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Related Names: Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558
Extent: 9 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm. or smaller.
Note: Client's first name and address from Scott's Buildings of the District of Columbia, 1993.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing house, dining and drawing rooms, wine and beer cellars, provision and vegetable cellars, parapet, ceiling, entrance hall, doors and pocket door, pilasters, molding, frieze, impost, stile, borrowed light, windows, and shutters as plans, elevations, details, reflected ceiling plans, and diagrams; schedules; renderings.
Cellar story plan, 1818 January
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Vaulted Wine Cellar" -- "Beer Cellar" -- "Vaulted Provision & Vegetable Cellar" -- "Provision Cellar" -- "Wood Cellar" -- "Plan of the Cellar Story of the House of Commodore Decatur in the City of Washington. BHLatrobe Jany. 1818."
Note: Inscriptions on verso: "Singlesheet" -- "Commodore Decatur" -- "Navy Com Office" -- "Washington city."
Floor plan, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
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