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[Sketch plan for landscaping the grounds of the President's House, ca. 1802-05].
Summary
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.
Phillips. Washington 81
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Date
1802
Contributors
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
Mills, Robert, 1781-1855.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
