View of Richmond From South Side of James River, Showing Capitol, From Bushrod Washington’s Island.

Description

Pencil, pen and ink, watercolor on paper drawing of "View of Richmond From South Side of James River, Showing Capitol, From Bushrod Washington's Island", 1796, from the Latrobe Sketchbooks, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The scene prominently features the James River in front of Richmond, up on higher ground, among the marsh and wooded landscape. Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) was a lawyer, Virginia politician, nephew of President George Washington (1732-1799), and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Virginia State Capitol building, designed by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820), and completed in 1792, looms large at center with white columns.