Biografie von John H. B. LATROBE (1803-1891)

Birth place: Phila., PA

Death place: Baltimore, MD

Addresses: Baltimore

Profession: Amateur landscape painter

Studied: Thomas Sully; West Point, 1818-21; studied law in Baltimore

Work: Maryland Hist. Soc.; Tennessee State Mus.

Comments: Born John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe, he was a son of Benjamin H. Latrobe and his second wife. Latrobe was a leading attorney in Baltimore and also associated with the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road. He was one of the founders of the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, serving as its president from 1871 until his death and helping to establish the Society's art gallery. Latrobe made sketches of his travels throughout his life, including a trip to New Orleans and Mississippi made in 1834. He was also the inventor of the Latrobe Stove, patented in 1846. Auth./illus., The Progressive Drawing Book, 1827.

Sources: G&W; Semmes, John H.B. Latrobe and His Times, 1803-1891, contains a number of repros. of his paintings and sketches. See also: DAB; Rutledge, MHS; Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists. 228; Kelly, Landscape and Genre Painting in Tennessee, 1810-1985," 24-25 (w/illus.)"