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Image Title: The White House (President's House) Washington, D.C. South Front Elevation, 1817

Creator: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820, architect

Date: 1817 Jan.

Summary: View of the South Portico as proposed by Latrobe, with axial stairway, later modified in construction.

Notes: Inscriptions: "Elevation of the South front of the President's house, copied from the design as proposed to be altered in 1807" "Je n'aime [...] ne courez pas."

Subjects: Official residences--Washington (D.C.)--1810-1820
White House (Washington, D.C.)--1800-1810

Places: Washington D.C.

Original Media: Drawing

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