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Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 1, View at Little York in Virginia
Benjamin Henry Latrobe1798/1799
Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States
Latrobe included this depiction of the aftermath of the shelling of Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr.'s house in Yorktown because it was a "scene of great political importance." Although accurate, he lamented the lack of trees and "works of fancy" in the landscape.
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- Title: Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 1, View at Little York in Virginia
- Creator: Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- Date: 1798/1799
- Location: Richmond, Va.
- Publisher: Licensed under Creative Commons by Library of Virginia (CCBY)
- Original Source: An Essay on Landscape, Explained in Tinted Drawings
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