[The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C South front elevation] Elevation of the south front of the President's house Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 architect still image graphic still image Architectural drawings-1810-1820. xxu 1817 monographic 1817 Jan eng
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1 drawing on paper : watercolor, wash, and ink ; 54 x 41 cm. View of the South Portico as proposed by Latrobe, with axial stairway, later modified in construction. Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Original drawing is too fragile to serve. No known restrictions on publication. Jan. 1817, B H Latrobe. 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. Reference copy available in LOT 4249-R. Conserved; 002628.8 1976 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda DLC Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Architectural drawings for the White House... in the Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress). White House (Washington, D.C.) 1800-1810 Official residences Washington (D.C.) 1810-1820 ADE - UNIT 2564, no. 3 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA 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 The architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe / Jeffrey A. Cohen and Charles E. Brownell, D79 Architectural drawings for The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C (DLC) 95860816 Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820. 2001698953 LC-DIG-ppmsca-09502 DLC LC-USZC2-111 DLC LC-USZC4-249 DLC LC-USZ62-7262 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/ppmsca.09502 hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3b48024 hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3b51830 hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3a52055 aacr gihc DLC 010718 20250718161416.1 12475430 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)