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Latrobe's Southern Boundary of President's House

Artist
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Date of Work
April 29, 1807
Type
Drawing
Credit
Library of Congress
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Latrobe's Southern Boundary of President's House

This sketch by Benjamin Henry Latrobe was created to illustrate his plan to change the southern boundary of the president's house property from a semicircle to an oblong shape. Latrobe sent the sketch to President Thomas Jefferson in the spring of 1807, during Jefferson's second term in office.