Difference between revisions of "Benjamin Henry Latrobe"

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Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1804)

(May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820)

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Latrobe

Architect of the Capitol website: http://www.aoc.gov/aoc/architects/latrobe.cfm/

University of Pennsylvania archives: http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/latrobe_benj.html

Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95858242/

Associated Sites: Harper's Estate, Oakland, Place D'Armes (renamed Jackson Square), Sedgeley, United States Capitol, United States Navy Hospital and Asylum

Associated Terms: Ancient style, Basin, Canal, Clump, Column/Pillar, Flower Garden, French style, Gate/Gateway, Grove, Ha-Ha/Sunk fence, Landscape Gardening, Lawn, Mall, Obelisk, Parterre, Piazza/Veranda/Porch/Portico, Picturesque, Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden, Quarter, Square, Statue, Temple, Wood/Woods

Associated Texts:
Carter II, Edward C., John C. Van Horne, and Charles E. Brownell. Latrobe’s View of America, 1795-1820: Selections from the Watercolors and Sketches. New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Maryland Historical Society, 1985. view on Zotero

Hamlin, Talbot. Benjamin Henry Latrobe. New York: Oxford University Press, 1955. view on Zotero

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry. Impressions Respecting New Orleans: Diaries and Sketches, 1818-1820. Edited by Samuel Wilson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. view on Zotero

———. The Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1799-1820: From Philadelphia to New Orleans. Edited by Edward C. Carter II, John C. Van Horne, and Lee W. Formwalt. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1980. view on Zotero

———. The Virginia Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1795-1798. Edited by Edward C. Carter II. 2 vols. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1977. view on Zotero

Associated Images

Latrobe, "View of Mount Vernon to the North," July 17, 1796. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD.
Latrobe, "View to the North from the Lawn at Mount Vernon," 1796. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD.
Latrobe, "View of Mount Vernon looking towards the South West," 1796. Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD.
Latrobe, House Plan With Gardens (c. 1798). Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Latrobe, Garden temple/milkhouse: plan and elevation (1798-99). Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Latrobe, "Taste. Anno 1620" (1799). The Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
Latrobe, Studies of Trees (1799). The Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
Latrobe, Studies of Trees (1798-99). The Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
Latrobe, "Plan of the public Square in the city of New Orleans, as proposed to be improved . . ." [detail] (March 20, 1819). Department of Public Works, New Orleans, LA.
Latrobe, Plan of the Capitol Ground (1815). Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Latrobe, "Principal Story of a Military School," 1800. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Latrobe, Military academy. North elevation, rendered, 1800. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

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 Image:0059.jpg|Latrobe, ''Garden temple/milkhouse: plan and elevation'' (1798-99). Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
 Image:0060.jpg|Latrobe, "Taste. Anno 1620" (1799). The Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
+Image:0061.jpg|Latrobe, Studies of Trees (1799). The Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
+Image:0062.jpg|Latrobe, Studies of Trees (1798-99). The Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
+Image:0063.jpg|Latrobe, "Plan of the public Square in the city of New Orleans, as proposed to be improved . . ." [detail] (March 20, 1819). Department of Public Works, New Orleans, LA.
 Image:0035.jpg|Latrobe, Plan of the Capitol Ground (1815). Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
 Image:0412.jpg|Latrobe, "Principal Story of a Military School," 1800. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.