Events
Topographical survey
of the plan for Aranjuez
(1773) Domingo de AguirreDomingo 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 capitalGeorge 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.Periods
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)
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