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Elevation of the south front of the President's house. – Antique Print

Elevation of the south front of the President's house., 1817 Jan. — historic drawing
Elevation of the south front of the President's house., 1817 Jan.. Historic drawing from the White House collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Elevation of the south front of the President's house., a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This elevation shows the south front of the President's house as it was drawn in January 1817, a copy of a design Benjamin Henry Latrobe had proposed in 1807 for altering that side of the building. British troops had burned the house in August 1814, and the rebuilding that followed gave architects a chance to revisit earlier plans. The watercolor washes and ink lines show the careful detail of a presentation drawing, and they record ideas that were debated before the rebuilt house took its final form.

Created / published1817 Jan.
Medium1 drawing on paper : watercolor, wash, and ink ; 54 x 41 cm.
GenreD79 Reference copy available in LOT 4249-R. Forms part of: Architectural drawings for the White House... in the Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress."
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Inscriptions: Elevation of the South front of the President's house
Subjectscopied 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
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,600 × 2,756 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif09502_ElevationofthesouthfrontoftheP 1807

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