The Architectural Drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Series 2): Volume 2 2-2, Parts 1 & 2 (The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Series)

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry

ISBN 10: 0300061005 / ISBN 13: 9780300061000

Published by Yale University Press, 1995

About this Item

2 volumes 4to (31 cm), XXX, 326 pp, 4 plates; XII, PP. 327-750. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear, corners slightly bumped, dust jacket of the second volume scratched on the spine). From the blurb: "This two-volume set is a comprehensive catalogue of the architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a key figure in the birth of the architectural profession in the United States. All Latrobe's architectural projects are considered in detail, and each project is illustrated with his surviving drawings. Among the works discussed are the U.S. Capitol, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the Baltimore Cathedral, the Virginia State Penitentiary, the Stephen Decatur house, and numerous other commissions for public and private buildings. The volumes also analyze Latrobe's style of architectural drawing, trace the evolution of his technique, and place his graphic legacy in the contexts of his own architectural work and international currents at the end of the eighteenth century. The Architectural Drawings represents the final publication of the Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, an editorial project launched more than two decades ago under the direction of editor-in-chief Edward C. Carter II. The series as a whole also includes volumes on Latrobe's correspondence, journals, engineering drawings, and watercolor views of American scenes.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Architectural Drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (Series 2): Volume 2 2-2, Parts 1 & 2 (The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Series)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300061005
• ISBN 13: 9780300061000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 4 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Drawings

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Synopsis

This two-volume set is a comprehensive catalogue of the architectural drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, a key figure in the birth of the architectural profession in the United States. All Latrobe's architectural projects are considered in detail, and each project is illustrated with his surviving drawings. Among the works discussed are the U.S. Capitol, the Bank of Pennsylvania, the Baltimore Cathedral, the Virginia State Penitentiary, the Stephen Decatur house, and numerous other commissions for public and private buildings. The volumes also analyze Latrobe's style of architectural drawing, trace the evolution of his technique, and place his graphic legacy in the contexts of his own architectural work and international currents at the end of the eighteenth century.

The Architectural Drawings represents the final publication of the Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, an editorial project launched more than two decades ago under the direction of editor-in-chief Edward C. Carter II. The series as a whole also includes volumes on Latrobe's correspondence, journals, engineering drawings, and watercolor views of American scenes.


Published for The Maryland Historical Society and The American Philosophical Society

About the Author

Jeffrey A. Cohen is an associate editor for the correspondence volumes of the Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Charles E. Brownell is associate professor of art history at the Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a co-editor of Latrobe's View of America.