Entrée principale:

Hamlin, Talbot, 1889-1956.

Titre et auteur:

Benjamin Henry Latrobe / Talbot Hamlin.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1955.

Description:

xxxvi, 633 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 605. Bibliographical footnotes) and index.
Prologue -- Part I, Latrobe in Europe: Background and Youth -- Latrobe in London -- Architectural Background -- To America -- Part II, Latrobe Becomes an American: Latrobe in Virginia, 1796-1798 -- Architectural Work in Virginia and Some other Houses -- Philadelphia at Last -- Architect and Engineer in Philadelphia -- The Unrelenting Web -- Professional Struggles, 1802-1807 -- Colleagues and Quandries -- The Baltimore Cathedral -- Part III, The Climax Period: Work for the United States Government, 1798-1812 -- Washington Years, 1807-1813 -- Private Professional Practice, 1807-1813 -- Prelude to Pittsburgh: Steamboats and War -- Pittsburgh Debacle -- Rebuilding of the Capitol, 1815-1817 -- Final Washington Years, 1815-1817 -- Part IV, End of the Road: Baltimore Interlude, 1818 -- New Orleans: the End -- Latrobe as Artist -- Latrobe as Engineer -- Appendix -- Major Sources -- Index.
Also issued online.
Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 1956.

Sujet:

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
Architects Biography.
Architectes Biographies.
Architects.

Classification/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 102487
Cote: 638; ID:86-B20412
Statut: Disponible