Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect. still image Architectural drawings 1810-1820. gmgpc 1817 Jan. eng View of the South Portico as proposed by Latrobe, with axial stairway, later modified in construction. Caption label from exhibit "American Treasures--Imagination": The President's House. Thomas Jefferson appointed Benjamin Henry Latrobe "Surveyor of the Public Buildings" of the United States, making him responsible for the completion of the Capitol and the White House, among other projects. A brilliant designer and consummate draftsman, Latrobe is considered the father of the architecture and engineering professions in this country. In this elevation he proposes the sophisticated transformation of the White House from the simple rectangular block erected by James Hoban to the porticoed building today recognized around the world as the home of the president of the United States. Title devised by Library staff. Inscriptions: "Elevation of the South front of the President's house, copied from the design as proposed to be altered in 1807" -- "Je n'aime [...] ne courez pas." Watermark: T G & Co. The architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe / Jeffrey A. Cohen and Charles E. Brownell, Forms part of: Architectural drawings for the White House... in the Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress). Conserved; Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. White House (Washington, D.C.)--1800-1810. Official residences--Washington (D.C.)--1810-1820. Reference copy available in LOT 4249-R. Architectural drawings for The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.09502 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48024 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b51830 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a52055 Restricted access. No known restrictions on publication.