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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
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 2 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Borrowed light" -- "a large borrowed light."
Note: Inscriptions on verso: "Edward Hoban" -- "Edward Augustus" -- "no water" -- "Washington City District of Columbia."
Roof elevation, flue diagram, and parapet, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 3 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Hall section, door elevation, and reflected ceiling, 1818 January
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 4 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Detail of the Hall of Commodore Decatur." -- "Jany 1818."
Note: Notations include computations.
Typical doors, schedule and details, 1818 January
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 5 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Commodore Decatur." -- "BH Latrobe Jany 1818" -- "Plaister impost moulding around the Hall [...]" -- "Plain External Pilaster -- " -- "Plan of the External Door at Large. --"
Note: Computations/notations on verso. Plan of facing pilaster. Plan of external door. Wooden impost, frieze, schedule of doors, and frame work.
Principal floor doors - elevation, section, detail, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 6 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and watercolor on paper.
Doors - elevations, sections, details, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 7 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "23 ft to[] of the entablature which will be 4.6 Inches the col: 18.6 & 2 ft diam."
Note: Mounted on paper.
Sliding door elevation and pilaster capital, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 8 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper.
Sash frame, shutters, and window hardware, 1818
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2558, no. 9 (C size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawings for an armory ("U.S. Arsenal"), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559
Extent: 9 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Working drawings showing arsenal, commandant's quarters, officers' quarters, clerk's office, bedchambers, mess room, storeroom larder, butler's pantry, gun carriage shed, hall, cupola, masonry finishes, and trompe l'oeil as plans, elevations, and sections; sketches and renderings.
Title sheet, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink on paper.
Note: Formerly attached to ADE 11 Latrobe 12 (A size), now ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 7 (A size).
Note: Inscription: "Pittsburg Arsenal 1814."
Ground floor plan, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions: "Ground plan of the proposed Arsenal at Pittsburg.--1814.--" -- "For Field pieces, & ordnance.--"
Note: Lined with paper.
Alternate principal floor plan, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
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