...Italy and, above all, to the fine arts, of which that country was the cradle and is still the asylum. My object in this short description is only to show...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." of the University of Virginia, at which Madison and Monroe were present, but Jefferson was too feeble...

...continued. It was slow work, on an extensive plan. "Mr. Jefferson," said one of Rochambeau's aides later, "is the first American who has consulted the fine...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." With no continental travel for background, with only the meagre pictorial record of the period to draw...

...communicate with the kitchen, offices, etc., which form a kind of basement story, over which runs a terrace. My object in this short description is only to show...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." Of other improvements then completed at Monticello the evidence is found, a scrap here and a scrap...

...the kitchen, offices, etc., which will form a kind of basement story over which runs a terrace. . . . We may safely aver that Mr. Jefferson is the first...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." Then the delighted marquis goes off into an enthusiastic description of his host, his remarkable political...

...well pleased to see a bit of Europe in those western wilds. " Mr. Jefferson," wrote the Marquis, " is the first American who has consulted the fine arts...know how he should shelter himself from the weather " ; which was a sweeping statement, though not far from the truth. Upon entering, he met the master...

...symmetry and elegant taste of Monticello. He was even more impressed and charmed by Mr. Jefferson, 'the first American who has consulted the fine arts...know how he should shelter himself from the weather.' Chastellux described his host as a tall man not yet forty, with gentle manners, warm heart, and animated...

...house, but to prove that it resembles none of the others seen in this country; so that it may be said that Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted...should shelter himself from the weather. But it is with him alone that I should concern myself. Let me then describe to you a man, not yet forty, tall,...

...kitchen, offices, etc. which will form on either side a kind of basement topped by a terrace . . . Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted...Arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather."35 Chastellux, at forty-eight, had already gained a reputation throughout France as the author...

...carrying out Jefferson's purposes. Design A French visitor to Monticello in 1782 declared Thomas Jefferson 'the first American who has consulted the Fine Arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather'.4 He was determined to use every bit of his great architectural erudition in the construction...

...portico on the west front. In 17X2 the marquis de Chastellux viewed the unfinished house and proclaimed that "Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." Jefferson never completed the house, which he began as a bachelor. Marriage and children followed by...