ID: 700008594 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008594	Record Type: Movable Work
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[The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. East front elevation] (architectural drawing (visual work); Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect; 1807; Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division ; ADE - UNIT 2564, no. 4 (B size) (Cabinet A) [P&P])

Note: View of the east elevation of the White House; the proposed north and south porticos, later built with some minor changes, are here presented as defining features of the principal facades.

Titles:

[The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. East front elevation] (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

View of the east front of the President's House (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Design for the addition of porticoes on the north and south fronts of the President’s House (C,U,D,DE,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

architectural drawing (visual work) [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>)

design drawing [300069413]

..... (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 function>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1807

Creator Display:

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect [preferred,VP]

architect 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: ADE - UNIT 2564, no. 4 (B size) (Cabinet A) [P&P]

Address Note: Access Advisory: Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Original drawing is too fragile to serve.

Display Materials: 1 drawing on paper: watercolor, ink, and wash

	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>)

	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>)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	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)

	drawing (image-making) [300054196]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <drawing and drawing techniques>)

Dimensions: 39 x 51 cm

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

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

	porticoes [300004145]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, built work divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by location or context>, exterior covered spaces) (AAT)

Copyright: Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

Inscriptions: Inscription on recto: "View of the East front of the President's House, with the addition of the North & South Porticos."

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Latrobe Architectural Drawing Archive

.................... Architectural drawings for The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C.

Sources and Contributors:
[The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. East front elevation]	........ [VP]
	........ LC Prints and Drawings Division [online] (2000-)
View of the east front of the President's House	........ [VP]
	........ LC Prints and Drawings Division [online] (2000-)
Design for the addition of porticoes on the north and south fronts of the President’s House	........ [VP]
	........ Lowry, Building National Image (1985)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... LC Prints and Drawings Division [online] (2000-)