aranjuez-4 - Timeline

Topographical survey of the plan for Aranjuez (1773) Domingo de Aguirre

Domingo de Aguirre’s plan for the Royal Site of Aranjuez is recorded (Carmona 1775)

Two copies of the plan of the Royal Site of Aranjuez arrive in Paris and are distributed to European courts. (1775-1776)

Carmona, Engraver of Louis XV.

Father of P. L´Enfant, Painter of Louis XV.

Student at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris (L´Enfant)

Travels to Paris 1783 (L'Enfant) Already knew that he would plan the new capital

George Washington charges L'Enfant with designing the new capital (1791)

Jefferson Draws a draft of the plan for Washington. Provides L’Enfant with maps of other cities.

Domingo de Aguirre (1743-1805)

Manuel S. Carmona (1730-1807)

Father of Pierre L'Enfant (1704-1787)

Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754-1825)

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Studying in Paris (Father of Pierre L'Enfant) Academic at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture.

Studying in Paris (Carmona) Academic at the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. (copy)

Jefferson - Ambassador in Paris (Knew that the U.S. Constitution proposed building a new capital)