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Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Pierre "Peter" '''Charles L'Enfant''' (; August 2, 1754June 14, 1825) was a French-American artist, professor, and military engineer who in 1791 designed the baroque styled plan for Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. His work is known today as the L'Enfant Plan which inspired plans for other world capitals such as Brasilia, New Delhi, and Canberra. In the United States, plans for Detroit, Indianapolis and Sacramento took inspiration from the plan for Washington, DC .}} Provided by Wikipedia

Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, : ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the Seat of their Government, after the Year MDCCC. / [Pierre Charles L’Enfant] ; Engrave'd by Thackara & Vallance Philad.a 1792 ; Mr. Ellicott drew a true Meridional line by the celestial obeservation, which passes through the Area itended for the Capitol

Participants: Thackara & Vallance [ DruckerIn ]; L'Enfant, Pierre Charles 1754-1825 [ Sonstige ]; Vallance, John 1770-1823 [ MitwirkendeR ]; Thackara, James 1767-1848 [ DruckerIn ]; Thackara & Vallance [ ]
Published: 1792;, 1792

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