[Military academy. Principal story, floor plan] – Historic Reproduction
![[Military academy. Principal story, floor plan], 1800 — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8a/8aa7636394c0-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [Military academy. Principal story, floor plan]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Military academy. Principal story, floor plan]
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Benjamin Henry Latrobe inscribed this sheet "Jany 26 1800," and it shows the principal story of a military academy, with a dining hall, a lecture room, and a "Haha Ditch," a sunken boundary that keeps a grounds edge out of sight from the building. Latrobe, an English-born architect who had settled in the United States in 1795, was then working on federal buildings in the new capital, and the "No II" marking suggests this was one sheet in a set. The clean ink and wash lines show how a planner of the period arranged teaching and daily life under one roof.
| Created / published | 1800 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink, watercolor, and wash on paper. |
| Genre | Architectural drawings 1800. |
| Subjects | Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress)." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,104 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175734 |
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