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ID: 500004298
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500004298
 
Record Type: Person
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (British architect and engineer, 1764-1820, active in the United States)

Note: British architect who brought European professionalism and practice to the young United States. He is known for designs for the White House and other buildings on the East Coast of the USA. English architect; emigrated to America in 1796.

Names:
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA)
Benjamin Henry Latrobe (V,display)
Latrobe, Benjamin (V)
La Trobe, Benjamin Henry (V)
Latrobe, Benjamin H. (V)
Boneval, Benjamin Henry Latrobe (U)
Latrobe, B. H. (U)
Latrobe, B. Henry (U)

Nationalities:
British (modern) (preferred)
English
American

Roles:
artist (preferred)
architect
engineer
draftsman
painter
teacher

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  West Yorkshire (England, United Kingdom) (county)
Died:  New Orleans (Orleans parish, Louisiana, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   United States (North and Central America) (nation)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
parent of ....  Latrobe, Henry Boneval  
................  (American architect and engineer, died 1817) [500090107]
uncle/aunt of ....  Bateman, Edward La Trobe  
........................  (British illuminator, landscape architect, 1815-1897) [500153936]
uncle/aunt of ....  Bateman, John Frederick La Trobe  
........................  (British architect, engineer, 1810-1889) [500204702]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (I)

Biographies:
(British architect and engineer, 1764-1820, active in the United States) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American architect, engineer, 1764-1820) ..... [BHA]
(American architect, painter, and draughtsman, 1764-1820) ..... [GRLPA]
(British artist, 1764-1820) ..... [WCI]
(British artist, 1764-1820) ..... [WCP]
(American architect, 1764-1820) ..... [AVERY]
(British artist, 1764-1820) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(English architect, 1764-1820) ..... [AVERY]
(English architect, 1764-1820) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1764-1820) ..... [GRL]
(English artist, 1764-1820) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Benjamin Henry Latrobe ........ [VP]
.............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Boneval, Benjamin Henry Latrobe ........ [GRL]
..............................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79142786
Latrobe, Benjamin ........ [VP]
....................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 17 March 2004
Latrobe, Benjamin H. ........ [VP]
.........................................  ArchINFORM online (1999-) accessed 17 March 2004
La Trobe, Benjamin Henry ........ [RKD, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld]
................................................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48250
................................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, FDA Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, NGA-US, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
...............................................  Architecture of U.S, 19
...............................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
...............................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-)
...............................................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
...............................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
...............................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 17 March 2004
...............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79142786
...............................................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
...............................................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
...............................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48250
...............................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Latrobe, B. H. ........ [GRL]
.............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79142786
Latrobe, B. Henry ........ [GRL]
...................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79142786

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, FDA, Gallery Systems, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  ArchINFORM online (1999-) accessed 17 March 2004
....................  Architecture of U.S, 19
....................  Avery Obituary Index [n.d.]
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database (1987-)
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 17 March 2004
....................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n79142786
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 17 March 2004
....................  LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.] 67
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n79142786
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
....................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982) v.2, pp.611-617
....................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
....................  National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 (1968-1981)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 48250
....................  Who Was Who in America (1943-) 1607
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q726082
....................  Withey, American Architects (1996)
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.] 67
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