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[[File:507px-Benjamin_latrobe_by_peale.jpg‎|thumb|Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1804)]] (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820)
 
[[File:507px-Benjamin_latrobe_by_peale.jpg‎|thumb|Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1804)]] (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820)
  
'''Associated Sites:''' [[Harper's Estate, Oakland]], [[Place D'Armes (renamed Jackson Square)]], [[Sedgeley]], [[United States Capitol]], [[United States Navy Hospital and Asylum]]
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==Associated Sites==
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[[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]]
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==Associated Terms==
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[[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]]
  
  
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==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. [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items#items/itemKey/6PFPHIJQ/q/latrobe?&_suid=1340909413719012559886532288178 view on Zotero]
 
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. [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items#items/itemKey/6PFPHIJQ/q/latrobe?&_suid=1340909413719012559886532288178 view on Zotero]
  

Revision as of 20:02, July 26, 2012

File:507px-Benjamin latrobe by peale.jpg
Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1804)

(May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820)

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

References

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79142786

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/

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