Collection An Artist Visits the White House Past
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
Latrobe sketch of St. John's Church
- Artist
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- Date of Work
- 1816
- Medium
- sketch
- Credit
- Saint John's Church
Latrobe sketch of St. John's Church
This 1816 sketch by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe shows the secular neoclassicism of the original design, while the 1853 photograph shows how the building was remodeled to be more traditionally church-like.
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