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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
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 3 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Lined with paper.
Principal floor and study for section, 1814 October 17
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 4 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions: "Study for the Section of the U.S. Arsenal Pittsburg Oct 17th. 1814" -- "Plan of the principal floor." -- "BHLatrobe."
Note: Lined with paper.
Commandant Quarters - chamber and ground floor, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 5 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Design for the Quarter's of the Commandant of the Arsenal at Laurenceville Pittsburg." -- "Plan of the Chamber floor." -- "Ground-floor" -- "Guncarriage Shed." -- "Butler's pantry."
Note: Graphite sketch in lower left. Notations include computations. Lined with paper.
Arsenal officers quarters -- ground plan, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 6 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Ground plan of the quarters of the Officers of the Arsenal proposed to be built at the N.E. angle." -- "Bedchamber" -- "Mess room" -- "Storeroom Larder" -- "Hall leading to the quarters of the family" -- "Hall of the quarters of a single gentleman." -- "Command. Office" -- "Clerk's Office" -- "Office to be attached to the Quarters of the Commandant of the Yard." -- "BHLatrobe 1814."
Front elevation, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 7 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Sketch of the facade of the proposed Arsenal at Pittsburg. 1814." -- "BHLatrobe."
External elevation, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 8 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: With alternate scheme for cupola and masonry finishes.
Officer's and Commandants quarters, elevations, 1814
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2559, no. 9 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and wash on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the Officers quarters facing the Yard.--" -- "Elevation of the front of Commandant's quarters to the East. -- " -- "BHLatrobe. --"
Note: Lined with paper.
Architectural drawings for a house, Richmond, Virginia, 1807-1808
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2560
Extent: 2 items : watercolor, ink, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. or smaller.
Note: Date from The Architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1994.
Note: Possibly drawn for Clifton, the Benjamin James Harris House.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Preliminary drawings showing site, house, stable yard, and offices as site plans and perspective projections; renderings; landscape architecture drawings.
Site plan and landscaping, 1807-1808
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2560, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 drawing : watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "City of Richmond" -- "Shockoe Creek" -- "Stable yard & offices." --"BHLatrobe archt."
Perspective rendering of house and landscape, 1807-1808
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2560, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink and graphite on paper.
Architectural drawing for a monument for Vice President George Clinton, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., 1812
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2561
Extent: 1 item : watercolor, ink, and wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Architectural drawing for a monument for Vice President George Clinton, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., 1812
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2561, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor, ink, and wash
Note: Identity of person for whom monument was made, location, and date from information in P&P Curatorial Files.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing monument as perspective projection; rendering.
Architectural drawing for a frame ("looking glass frame for President's house") for Dolley Madison, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1809
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Related Names: Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2562
Extent: 1 item : watercolor, ink, and wash ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Architectural drawing for a frame ("looking glass frame for President's house") for Dolley Madison, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., 1809
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Related Names: Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2562, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor, ink, and wash
Note: Client's name from The Architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1994.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Looking glass frame President's house." -- "Copy delivered to Mr. Lennox Octr. 6th. 1809."
Summary: Working drawing showing looking glass frame and mantel in Blue Room as elevation; rendering.
Architectural drawing for a fireproof repository for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., 1805
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Related Names: United States, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2563
Extent: 1 item : watercolor, ink, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Architectural drawing for a fireproof repository for the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., 1805
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Related Names: United States, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2563, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : watercolor, ink, and graphite
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Design of a Fireproof Repository of Papers for the Treasury of the United States." -- "Section, exhibiting the Arangement [sic] of the Cases along the North Wall of the room." -- "Vault." -- "Ground Plan." -- "Thosse parts which are colored brown, show the places of the bases containing Papers." -- "Section, showing the arrangement of the Cases, along the middle of the Room." -- "The Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States." -- "B. Henry Latrobe, surveyor of the public Bldgs of the United States, Washington. April 27. 1805."
Note: Lined with paper.
Summary: Presentation drawing showing fireproof repository, vault, and case as plan, elevation, and section.
Architectural drawings for The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C., 1803-1817
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2564
Extent: 4 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Note: Reference copies available for some UNIT items in LOT 4249 (R).
Summary: Includes measured, preliminary, and working drawings showing site, White House, east front, north and south porticos, public and common drawing rooms, President's antechamber, parlor or antechamber, and public audience chamber as site plans, plans, and elevations; renderings; landscape architecture drawings.
Principal story, measured floor plan, 1803-1807
Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 2564, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper.
Note: Watermark: T G & Co.
Note: Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the Principal Story in 1803"; "The surrounding Ground was chiefly used for Brick yards, it was enclosed in a rough post and rail fence (1803)"; "During the short residence of President Adams at Washington, the wooden stairs & platform were the usual entrance to the house, and the present drawing room was a mere vestibule"; and "BHenry Latrobe SPBUS 1807." Individual rooms are labeled, clockwise from upper left: "Public dining room"; "Porters Lodge"; "Pr[ivate] stairs"; "Hall"; "Staircase"; "Public audience chamber, entirely unfinished, the cieling [sic] has given way"; "Common dining room"; "Drawing room"; "Presidents' antechamber"; "Library and Cabinet"; "This staircase is not yet put up (1803)."
Site plan and principal story plan, 1807
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