Works on Paper
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The Maryland Center for History and Culture is home to more than 8,000 works on paper, including 19th-century drawings and sketchbooks that cover a wide range of Maryland topics. Among them is the largest national collection of Benjamin Henry Latrobe sketchbooks, featuring 343 pages of sketches from 14 books.
Visit our Digital Collections to view a sampling of materials from the Works on Paper Collection.
Image: Section of Plan, No. 1, Elevation of Plan No. 1, Ground Plan of the Capitol, No. 1, 1792, by Charles Wintersmith, Gift of John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe, 1976.88.42
Image inset: View on the road from Newark to Paterson, New Jersey (inset), 1800, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1960.108.1.5.21.
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Since 1844, we have collected, preserved, and interpreted Maryland's diverse history, art, and culture. Visit and see it at the Maryland Center for History and Culture.
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