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John White, Indian Village of Secoton, 1585

Unknown, "Afbeeldinge van de Stadt Amsterdam in Nieuw Neederlandt" [The Castello Plan], 1660

Anonymous, Hunting Scene with a Pond, 18th century

Michael van der Gucht, "Designs of Groves of a Middle Height," 1712

Anonymous, Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans, 1720

Batty Langley, "An Improvement of a beautiful Garden at Twickenham," 1728

Batty Langley, The Design of an Elegant Kitchen Garden Contain'g ARP 1.2.20. Including Walks, 1728

Batty Langley, "Design of a rural Garden, after the new manner," 1728

James Gibbs, “The Plan, Upright and Section of a Building of the Dorick Order in the form of a Temple,” 1728

Thomas Johnston (engraver), William Bradford (publisher), "A Plan of the City of New York from an Actual Survey Made by James Lyne," 1731

The Gansevoort Limner (possibly Pieter Vanderlyn), Young Lady with a Fan, 1737

James Stoddert, A ground plat of the city and port of Annapolis (copy), 1718 [1743]

Batty and Thomas Langley, "Five new Order of Columns, Plain & Enriched," 1747

John Warner, A survey of the northern neck of Virginia, being the lands belonging to the Rt. Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron Cameron…as surveyed according to order in the years 1736 & 1737, c. 1747

Batty and Thomas Langley, "Gothick [sic] Temple," 1747

William Dering, attr., Portrait of George Booth, 1748-50

Lewis Evans, A Map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the Three Delaware Counties, 1749

Jane Colden, A page from her botanical manuscript describing no. 69, “Yellow Lilly with the flowers standing upright” (Lilium philadelphicum), c. 1750s

William and John Halfpenny, A Chinese Double brac'd Paling, 1755

William and John Halfpenny, "An Obelisk in the Chinese Taste," 1755

Nicholas Garrison, A View of Bethlehem, one of the Brethren's Principal Settlements, in Pennsylvania, North America, 1757

John or William Bartram, "A Draught of John Bartram's House and Garden as it appears from the River", 1758

Christian Gottlieb Reuter, Der UpLand Gartten, 1759

John Montrésor, New York and its Environs to Greenwich, 1766

John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere, 1768

Charles Willson Peale, Parnassus, c. 1769

Claude Joseph Sauthier, A Plan of the Town of Newbern in Craven County, North Carolina, detail of Governor's Palace, 1769

Claude Joseph Sauthier, A Plan of the Town of Newbern in Craven County, North Carolina, 1769

John Hawks, "Plan and Elevation of a Prison for the District of Edenton," June 1, 1773

Anonymous, The South West Prospect of the Seat of Colonel George Boyd of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, New England, 1774., 1774

Joseph F. W. Des Barres, A Plan of the Town of Newport in the Province of Rhode Island (1780)

Archibald Campbell, Sketch of the Northern Frontiers of Georgia, extending from the mouth of the River Savannah to the town of Augusta, 1780

Williamsburgh & the slip of land between York & James rivers from thence to Hampton

Charles Willson Peale, Mary White (Mrs. Robert) Morris (1749-1827), from life, c. 1782.

Thomas Lee Shippen, Plan of Westover, 1783

Claude Joseph Sauthier, John Hawk's plan of the Governor's House and grounds in New Bern, N.C., 1783

Plan for the greenhouse and slave quarters at Mount Vernon, Plan No. 1

Samuel Vaughan, Plan of Mount Vernon, 1787

James Earl, William Henry Capers, 1788

William Bartram, “Plan of the Ancient Chunky-Yard,” 1789

James Trenchard after Charles Willson Peale, "An East View of GRAY'S FERRY, near Philadelphia, with the TRIUMPHAL ARCHES, &c. erected for the Reception of General Washington, April 20th. 1789"

Unknown, Bay, Elihu Hall, Plan Showing 1 Town Lot on Meeting Street in Charleston, August 1789 (plan)

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, View of the North Front of Belvidere, Richmond, 1790s

Samuel McIntire, Design for a Fence, c. 1791

Thomas Jefferson, Plan for the City of Washington, March 1791

Andrew Craigie, Proposed Outbuildings for the Craigie Estate, December 11, 1791

Andrew Ellicott (creator), Samuel Hill (engraver), Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, 1792

William Clarke, Mrs. Levin Winder (Mary Stoughton Sloss), 1793

Pierre Pharoux, Plan of Esperanza, N.Y., n.d.

Unknown, Derby Garden, [circa 1795–1799]

Unknown, Kitchen Garden [detail], Elias Hasket Derby House, c. 1795-99

Pierre Pharoux, Plan for the house of Jacob Quesnel, first floor and storefront, Architectural drawings and maps of Pierre Pharoux, 1795

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Garden plan with outbuildings, 1795-99

David Leonard, A S. W. view of the College in Providence, together with the President's House & Gardens, c. 1795

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, View of Mount Vernon looking towards the South West,1796

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, View to the North from the Lawn at Mount Vernon, 1796

George Beck, View of Baltimore from Howard Park, c. 1796

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Horsdumonde, the House of Colonel Henry Skipwith, Cumberland County, Virginia, June 14, 1796

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, View of Mount Vernon looking to the North, July 17, 1796

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Sketch Plan of Serpentine Walks at Mount Vernon, July 19, 1796

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Sketch of Col'l. John Mayo's house at the Hermitage near Richmond, Virginia, 1797

Anonymous, A Plan of a Lot and Wharf Belonging to Florian Charles Mey, Esq., 1797

Benjamin Taylor, John Roberts (engraver), "A New & Accurate Plan of the City of New York in the State of New York in North America," 1797

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Sketch of Airy Plain, Estate, March 1797

Nathaniel Shober, Boys' School, 1798

Samuel McIntire, Summerhouse at the Derby Mansion, c. 1798

Samuel McIntire, South Front of the Green house in the East Building, 1799

Anonymous, Plan of an unidentified garden, 18th century

Anonymous, Two Children in an Arbor of Flowers, 19th century

William Russell Birch, Plan of Springland, c. 1800

William Russell Birch, “Back of the State House, Philadelphia,” 1800

Thomas Chambers, Mount Auburn Cemetery, mid-19th century

Anonymous, The Beehive, 1800-20

William Bartram, An Aquatic Plant (Brasenia purpurea (Mich) casp.), c. 1800

Anonymous, The Sargent Family, 1800

Thomas Coram, View of Mulberry, House and Street, c. 1800

Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium, 1801

Charles Saunders, The survey of a tract of Land in Cambridge. And a perspective delineation of the Summer house theron [detail], Mathematical Thesis, 1802

Robert Mills, Monticello: 2nd version (west elevation), recto, 1803

Francis Guy, Mt. Deposit, 1803-05

Francis Guy, Mt. Deposit [detail], 1803-05

Charles Fraser, Ashley Hall, 1803

Charles Fraser, Rice Hope, c. 1803, watercolor on paper. Gibbes Museum of Art/Carolina Art Association, Charleston.

Insurance policy drawings for Mount Vernon, March 13, 1803

Thomas Jefferson, General ideas for the improvement of Monticello [detail], c. 1804

Baroness Anne-Marguerite-Henriette Hyde de Neuville, Self-Portrait (c. 1761?–1849), c. 1805–10

Francis Guy, Perry Hall, Slave Quarters with Field Hands at Work, c. 1805

Francis Guy, Mount Deposit from the North, 1805

Francis Guy, Bolton, view from the South, c. 1805

William Dandridge Peck, Plan of the botanic garden of Mr. Curtis, Newbury, Mass., February 19, 1805

Insurance policy drawings for Mount Vernon, June 5, 1805

Barthélémy Lafon, "Plan de l'Habitation de Feu Jn. Bte. de Marigny Pour servir au partage des héritiers. . . ," September 15, 1806

John Archibald Woodside, Lemon Hill, 1807

Mary Antrim, Brick House with Two Foreyards and Animals, 1807

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, House, Richmond, Virginia. Perspective rendering of house and landscape, 1807-08

Charles Willson Peale, William Bartram, 1808

William Russell Birch, Sweet Briar, c. 1808

William Russell Birch, "View from the Elysian Bower, Springland, Pennsylv^a, the residence of M.^r W. Birch," 1808

William Russell Birch, “View from Belmont Pennsyl.^a the Seat of Judge Peters,” 1808

Anonymous, The Ample Grove, c. 1810-25

Charles Willson Peale, Sketches of Belfield, 1810

Charles Willson Peale, Sketches of Belfield [detail], 1810

Anonymous, Elgin Botanic Garden, c. 1810

Rebecca Chester, A Full View of Deadrick's Hill, 1810

Charles Fraser, Woodville, The Seat of R. Beresford, Esq., c. 1810

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, A Country Residence, Possibly General Moreau's Country House at Morrisville, Pennsylvania , 1811–ca. 1813

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, View of Morrisville, General Moreau’s Country House in Pennsylvania, Possibly The Woodlands, Pennsylvania, 1811–c. 1813

Unknown, View of the Battery Looking North from the Churn, c. 1812

Joseph Jacques Ramée, Plan of the Campus Grounds, Union College, 1813

Joseph-Jacques Ramée, Monument to the memory of general George Washington, to be erected at Baltimore, design for the Washington Monument, 1813

Charles Willson Peale, Letter to Angelica Peale [detail], November 12, 1813

Robert Mills, Elevation of the Principal Fronts, Washington Monument, Baltimore, 1814

Anonymous, Memorial to Mary Fairbanks, c. 1815

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Plan of the Capitol grounds, 1815

Mary Eliza Cushman, Memorial to Lt. Jacob Cushman, c. 1815-20

Charles Willson Peale, View of the garden at Belfield, 1816

Joshua Rowley Watson, View of the Middle and Upper bridges on the River Schuylkill taken from the Old Waterworks Philadelphia 5th October 1816, 1816

George Bridport, Design for Washington Monument, Washington Square, Philadelphia, 1816

Charles Willson Peale, View of the garden at Belfield',' [detail] 1816

Joshua Rowley Watson, The Lower Bridge on Schuylkill at Gray's Ferry 5 [-]ber 1816, 1816

Joshua Rowley Watson, From the Piazza looking towards the Pavilion 21st May 1817, 1817

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Elevation of the South front of the President's house, copied from the design as proposed to be altered in 1807, January 1817

David J. Kennedy, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 1817

Louise Françoise Jacquinot after Pancrace Bessa, “Bartram's Oak (Quercus heterophilla),” 1819

William Cobbett, "Plan for a Garden," 1819

Cornelia Jefferson Randolph, attr., A Garden Seat by Mr. Jones, From Chamber's Kew, c. 1820

Harriet De (?), The Duck Pond, c. 1820

James Frothingham, Manasseh Cutler, 1820

Charles Vaughan, Hallowell, ca. 1820

Anonymous, Grotto at the garden of Father George Rapp, c. 1820

Charles Codman, Kalorama, c. 1820

Anonymous, The Convent Garden, c. 1820-50

Thomas Birch, Fairmount Water Works, 1821

Peter Aaron van Dorn, Map of City of Jackson, Mississippi, 1822

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Portrait of Noah Webster, [1823]

Daniel Wadsworth, "Monte-Video," in Benjamin Silliman, Remarks Made on a Short Tour between Hartford and Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819 (1824)

Anonymous, Plan of the Labyrinth at Economy, Pa., c. 1826

J. C. Loudon, Examples of Treillage-Work, 1826

J. C. Loudon, The botanic flower-garden with a gravel-walk, 1826

J. C. Loudon, Thicket [detail], 1826

J. C. Loudon, The imitation of a lake, 1826

J. C. Loudon, "Intricate and fanciful figures of parterres," 1826

J. C. Loudon, "The house and flower-garden entrance," 1826

Anthony St. John Baker, “Back View of Mount Airy, V^a.,” May 19, 1827

Mrs. George Whitney, The Adams Seat in Quincy, 1828

Anonymous, “Map of Mr. Andrew Parmentier's Horticultural & Botanic Garden, at Brooklyn, Long Island, Two Miles From the City of New York,” c. 1828

Tucker Factory, Vase with view of Springland, 1828-1836

E.B. Walker, The Monument of Rev. J. Harvard, 1828-50

Louise-Jules-Frédéric Villeneuve and Victor Adam (lithographers), after Jacques Gerard Milbert, published by Henri Gaugain, Lower Falls—Near the Residence of Mrs. Montgomery, 1828–29

Firm of Joseph Stubbs, Tureen and cover with view of Lemon Hill, c. 1828

Thomas Cole, View of Monte Video, the Seat of Daniel Wadsworth, Esq., 1828

Robert Cary Long Jr., Washington Monument and Howard's Park, c. 1829

Anonymous, Floor Plan and Façade of Garden Pavilion, Economy, Pa., c. 1830

E.W. Clay, etched by J.W. Steel and W.H. Hay, "Sedgeley Park," 1830

Cephas G. Childs after George Lehman, Grays Ferry, 1830

Alexander Jackson Davis, View of water with islands (Hyde Park), n.d.

James H. Dakin, "La Grange Terrace, La Fayette Place, City of New York," 1831-34

Alexander Wadsworth, “Plan of Mount Auburn,” November 1831

Thomas Kelah Wharton, “Grove of Poplars with a Memorial Bust, David Hosack Estate, Hyde Park, New York” in the Hosack Album, c. 1832

Joseph Pilié, "Plan d'un lot de terre," March 12, 1832

Thomas Kelah Wharton, Washington's Monument, Baltimore, 1833

J. C. Loudon, "An Octagon Pagoda," 1834

John Smith Rubens (artist), J.B. Neagle (engraver), Washington, 1834

George Cooke (artist), W. J. Bennett (engraver), Richmond, From the Hill Above the Waterworks, 1834

J. C. Loudon, Twelve designs in the Dutch style, 1834

J. C. Loudon, Diagram of worm fence, 1834

J. C. Loudon, A clump, 1834

W. R. Miller (artist) and Richardson & Cox (engraver), Irving’s Residence, General View, 1835

Anonymous, “Mount Auburn,” 1835

Anonymous, "Orchards in Alternate Rows, or Quincunx Order," 1835

Anonymous, “View of Mount Auburn,” 1836

Henry Walton, Three Sisters in a Landscape, 1838

Rufus Porter, Landscape mural from Howe House, 1838

J. C. Loudon, Vertical profile of the gardens and the pleasure-ground, Cheshunt Cottage (right side), 1839

Benson John Lossing, “Residence of Washington Irving, Esq.,” 1839

Jeromes, Gilbert, Grant and Company, Shelf Clock, 1839-40

George Harvey, A Morning Rainbow, A Composition on the Grounds of R. Donaldson, Esq., 1840–50

Mary Blades, Woodbury, c. 1840

John Warner Barber, Eastern View of the Public Square or Green in New Haven, 1840

Anonymous, Family Burying Ground, c. 1840

Victor de Grailly, Mount Vernon, c. 1840-50

David J. Kennedy, McAran's Garden, 1840

William E. Winner, Garden Scene Near Philadelphia, c. 1840

Robert Mills, Alternative plan for the grounds of the National Institution, 1841

Alexander Walsh, "Plan of a Garden," 1841

Robert Mills, Plan of the Mall, Washington, DC, 1841

Robert Mills, Picturesque View of the Building, and Grounds in front, 1841

Alexander Jackson Davis, View N. W. at Blithewood, c. 1841

Edwin Whitefield, Sketch of Anson G. Phelps' Villa, North Tarrytown, 1841-44

C. Foster, "Western Baptist Theological Institute, at Covington KY, opposite Cincinnati, Ohio," 1841

John J. Thomas, "Plan of a Garden," 1842

M. Schmitz (artist), Thomas S. Sinclair (lithographer), John B. Colahan (surveyor), “Map of Washington Square, Philadelphia,” 1843

John Notman, "Ground Plan of Laurel Hill Cemetery," 1844

John Warner Barber, "College of New Jersey, Princeton," 1844

William Keenan, Plan of the City and Neck of Charleston, S.C., September 1844

Joseph C. Wells (attr.), Roseland Cottage, c. 1846

Sketch of the Elms in Front of the Longfellow House

Anonymous, Two Ornamental Ice Houses Above Ground, 1846

Anonymous, Design for a Rustic Gate, 1846

John Notman, "Plan of Grounds, Fieldwood, near Princeton," Oct. 19, 1846

Edward Yeager after J. S. Bowen, Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania [detail], 1847

Charles H. Wolf, attr., Pennsylvania Farmstead with Many Fences, c. 1847

James Smillie (artist), Robert Hinshelwood (engraver), "Bay-Side Avenue, Fern Hill," 1847

Lewis Miller, Botanic garden at Princeton College, 1847

Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (artist), Edward Weber & Co. (lithographer), Elements of National Thrift and Empire, c. 1847

James Smillie, "Greenwood Cemetery," 1847

James Smillie and John A. Rolph (etcher), "View of the Pilgrim Path, Mount Auburn Cemetery," 1847

Edward Yeager after J. S. Bowen, Map of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1847

James Smillie (artist), Rice & Buttre (engravers), “View of Oxnard's Monument, Mount Auburn Cemetery," 1847

Miller & Co., Map of the residence & park grounds, near Bordentown, New Jersey : of the late Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, ex-king of Spain, 1847

Alexander Jackson Davis, View from Montgomery Place, October 1847

Augustus Köllner, Baltimore Battle Monument, 1848

Augustus Köllner, "President's House," 1848. White House Collection\White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C.

Thomas S. Sinclair, Plan of the Pleasure Grounds and Farm of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane at Philadelphia, 1848

David Ryder, Arabella Sparrow, 1848

George Washington Mark, Marion Feasting the British Officer on Sweet Potatoes, 1848

Anonymous, Friends Almshouse, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, c. 1848

Anonymous, "Design for a Geometric Flower Garden," 1848

Anonymous, "Plan of a Mansion Residence, laid out in the natural style," 1849

Alexander Jackson Davis, “View in the Grounds at Blithewood," 1849

Alexander Jackson Davis,“Bank-Side Walk,” Blithewood, 1849

Anonymous, “Mr. Dunn's Cottage, Mount Holly, N. J.,” in A. J. Downing, 1849

Anonymous, "Villa of Theodore Lyman, Esq., near Boston," 1849

Anonymous, "Residence of Gov. Morehead, North Carolina," 1849

Anonymous, "Beaverwyck, the Seat of Wm. P. Van Rensselaer, Esq.," 1849

Hans Jacob Ehlers, Map of the Montgomery Place Arboretum, c. 1849

Anonymous, "Tazza Fountain," 1849

Anonymous, "A Gothic vase," 1849

A. J. Downing, "Design for a rustic prospect tower," 1849

[[:File:0395.jpg|Anonymous, "Villa at Brooklyn, N.Y., with the Conservatory attached," in A. J. Downing, A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening (1849)]]

Anonymous, "Design for a Fountain," 1849

Lewis Miller, "In beauteous Order Terminate the Scene. . . .," in Orbis Pictus (c. 1849)

Frances Palmer, "A plot of village property 724 feet by 488," 1849

Anonymous, "View in the Grounds of James Arnold, Esq.," 1849

Alexander Jackson Davis, Octagonal Garden Structure for Montgomery Place, c. 1850

Alexander Jackson Davis, Garden Arch at Montgomery Place, c. 1850

George Inness, Sunnyside, c. 1850–60

Mrs. Frances Flora (Bond) Palmer, 185-?

Anonymous, "Rustic Arbours," 1850

James Smillie (artist), J. A. Rolph (engraver), “View of the Central Square, Mount Auburn Cemetery,” (1847; repr., 1850)

Anonymous, "Rural Gothic Villa," 1850

Anonymous, "Natural Jet D'Eau," Horticulturist, Vol. 5, No. 5 (November 1850)

Matthew Vassar, Plan of Springside, 1851

A. J. Downing, Plan Showing Proposed Method of Laying Out the Public Grounds at Washington, 1851

A. J. Downing, Plan Showing Proposed Method of Laying Out the Public Grounds at Washington, 1851

Anonymous, Section of a small, low-cost, wood frame "green-house," Horticulturist, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January 1851)

Frances Palmer, "Waldwic Cottage," 1851

Frances Palmer, Elevations and profiles of wood fences, 1851

Benjamin R. Evans, Lemon Hill, 1852

C. A. Hedin, "Front Elevation on Live Oak Street," 1853

Anonymous, "Franklin College, in Athens, Georgia," 1854

Anonymous, “The Hamilton Mansion, Hamilton Village, Pennsylvania.,” 1854

Anonymous, "Lodge Entrance to the Hamilton Mansion.," 1854

Anonymous, The Claremont, c. 1855

James Fuller Queen, Lemon Hill May 17th ’55, May 17 1855

After Edward Beyer, Salt Sulphur Spring, 1857, 1857

Edward Beyer, Blue Sulphur Spring, Greenbrier County, VA, 1857

Augustus Weidenbach, Belvedere, c. 1858

Rubens Peale, Old Museum, 1858–60

Mary Freeman Goldbeck, Portrait of Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1858

G. & F. Bill (firm), Birds eye view of Mt. Vernon the home of Washington, c. 1859

Unknown, Sunnyside from the Hudson, c. 1860

Anonymous, Homestead of Humphrey H. Nye, New Bedford, 1860-65

Major and Knapp (lithographers), The Old Abbey Hotel on Bloomingdale Road (1847)," 1864

A Religious Encampment in the Wilderness, December 30, 1865

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