The United States Marine Band: Origins & Traditions
The Marine Band, the first musical ensemble to perform at the White House, has provided a continual opportunity for presidents...
Reminders of 1814: Mary Latrobe's Tea Box
- Date of Work
- ca. 1809-1811
- Medium
- Wood
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
Reminders of 1814: Mary Latrobe's Tea Box
The French woodblock wallpaper that lines this tea box is believed to be one of the only surviving artifacts from the pre-1814 President's House. First Lady Dolley Madison reportedly gave the wallpaper as a gift to Mary Latrobe, her friend and wife of architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The tea box was returned to the White House as a gift from the White House Historical Association in 1971. The wallpaper in the box is by Jacquemart de Benard.
You Might Also Like
-
-
Rescue of the Papers of State During the Burning of Washington
In August 1814, British forces occupying the Chesapeake Bay began to sail up the Patuxent River in Maryland. Fearing an attack...
-
Dolley Madison Purchases a Music Collection
Dolley Madison, wife of James Madison, was one of early America’s most gracious hostesses. Through Benjamin Latrobe, she purchased a...
-
Introduction: Where Oh Where Should the Capital Be?
So much about the new United States was new—a democracy in a world full of monarchies, an elected president in...
-
Reflections After the Fire
This shaving mirror, one of a pair, has a remarkable history. It not only reflected the face of President James...
-
Foreword; White House History (Number 35)
This number of White House History recalls the burning of the White House, which took place in 1814, two hundred years...
-
Saving History
The events leading up to the burning of the White House during the War of 1812 have been well chronicled. Eyewitness...
-
Photo 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...
-
Photo Sketch of Dolley Madison
The artist Louis M. Glackens sketched a young, attractive Dolley Madison serving wine, c. 1901.
-
Photo Dolley Madison's house
Dolley Madison lived in this house at the corner of Lafayette Park, just a block from the President’s House fr...
-
Photo Auction illustration
Illustration of Dolley Madison's dress up for auction.
-
Photo The Dolley Madison House on Lafayette Square - Photo 1
The house in which Dolley Madison lived during her retirement still survives on Lafayette Square.