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ID: 700009465
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009465
Record Type: Movable Work
Architectural drawings for The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. (architectural drawings (visual works); Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect ; 1803-1817; Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division ; Library of Congress Control Number: 95860816; LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/95860816 )
Note: Summary: Includes measured, preliminary, and working drawings showing site, White House, east front, north and south porticos, public and common drawing rooms, President's antechamber, parlor or antechamber, and public audience chamber as site plans, plans, and elevations; renderings; landscape architecture drawings. From the Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress). Description: 4 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm. | Includes measured, preliminary, and working drawings showing site, White House, east front, north and south porticos, public and common drawing rooms, President's antechamber, parlor or antechamber, and public audience chamber as site plans, plans, and elevations; renderings; landscape architecture drawings.
Titles:
Architectural drawings for The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: group
Work Types:
architectural drawings (visual works) [300034787] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by subject type>)

Classifications:
drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1803-1817

Creator Display:
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect [preferred]
originator (administrative) Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (British architect and engineer, 1764-1820, active in the United States) [500004298]
Locations:
Current: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: Library of Congress Control Number: 95860816; LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/95860816
Display Materials: 4 items : ink, watercolor, wash, and graphite ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
watercolor (paint) [300015045]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)
wash technique [300182748]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)
graphite (mineral) [300011098]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)
paper (fiber product) [300014109]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 51 x 61 cm
General Subject:
architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:
White House [700000083]
.....(White House [700000083], Built Works by class: residential structures [700009562], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
............... Latrobe Architectural Drawing Archive
Sources and Contributors:
Architectural drawings for The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C......... [VP]
........ LC Prints and Drawings Division [online] (2000-) https://www.loc.gov/item/95860816/
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... LC Prints and Drawings Division [online] (2000-)
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