Naval Architecture,Vessel,Stern of the Sloop of War Hornet,1811,Benjamin Latrobe

Title: Naval architecture drawing for a vessel ('Stern of the Sloop of War Hornet')
Creator(s): Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect
Date Created/Published: 1811.
Summary: Working drawing showing stern of vessel, American eagle, dolphin, and 6-pointed star as elevation and detail; sketch and rendering; architectural drawing.
Notes:
UNIT title devised.
Inscriptions on recto: 'Design for the Stern of the Sloop of War Hornet' 'History' 'Young' 'Apollo' ' Knowledge' 'Cloathes.'
Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Includes sketches of two fluted columns for the U.S. Capitol, Hall of Representatives entrance (1st campaign).
Date from information in P&P Curatorial Files.
Reference copy available in LOT 4249 (R).
Transfer; Architect of the Capitol; 1872.
Finding aid (unpublished): Filed by UNIT number, available in Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
Forms part of Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--1810-1820.
Columns--1810-1820.
Warships--1810-1820.
Design drawings--1810-1820.
Naval architecture drawings--1810-1820.
Renderings--1810-1820.
Sketches--1810-1820.
Bookmark /95860806/
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