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Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Notes on Architecture

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05707.02 Author/Creator: Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Pamphlet signed Date: circa 1838 Pagination: 16 p. : , 8 p. : of plates Height: 33 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Survey of classical architecture, with plates depicting Greek and Roman columns. Signed by Henry W. Halleck in ink on the first page. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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