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Monticello: Final elevation of the first version

Monticello: Final elevation of the first version
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by Thomas Jefferson, circa March 1771

35.6 cm x 48.9 cm (14" x 19-1/4")

N48; K023; from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts


[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

This drawing shows the final elevation of Thomas Jefferson's famous home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, Virginia , as originally conceived by the self-taught architect. Begun about 1769, the house was nearly finished by 1782. The upper portico was apparently never completed, and the octagonal side bays are not shown.