Format Map
Contributors Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
Dates 1802
Location United States
Washington
Washington D.C.
Language English
Subjects Design
District of Columbia
Gardens
Landscape Architecture
Manuscript Maps
United States
Washington
Washington (D.C.)
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Title
[Sketch Plan for Landscaping the Grounds of the President's House, Ca. 1802 05].
Contributor Names
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry,
Created Published
[1802?]
Subject Headings
-  White House (Washington, D.C.)
-  Landscape architecture--Washington (D.C.)
-  Gardens--Washington (D.C.)--Design
-  Manuscript maps.
-  Washington (D.C.)
-  United States--District of Columbia--Washington.
Notes
-  Title from accompanying photocopied pages.
-  Drawn by different hands. Attributed variously to Benjamin Latrobe, Robert Mills, and Thomas Jefferson.
-  Pen-and-ink with lead pencil additions.
-  Soiled, wrinkled, fold-lined, and torn.
-  Accompanied by handwritten letter in ink, headed "The Library of Congress," that erroneously identifies plan as "Capitol Grounds." [1] sheet ; 26 x 21 cm.
-  Also accompanied by photocopied pages from book : The President's House, a history / by William Seale. Washington, D.C. : White House Historical Association, 1986. [3] leaves : ill., map ; 22 x 28 cm.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium
1 Map : Ms., Cloth Backing ; 23 X 31 Cm., On Sheet 25 X 41 Cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3852.W46 1802 .L3
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
G3852W Ct002310 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Gmd/G3852W.Ct002310
Library of Congress Catalog Number
88693237
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