Topic: Monticello House & Gardens
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Alcove of the South Square Room
The South Square Room often served as a classroom for Jefferson's grandchildren....
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Beer Cellar at Monticello
Jefferson kept beer, often made by slave Peter Hemings, in rooms like this in Monticello’s basement....
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Breakfast with the Madisons
Artist G.B. McIntosh imagines breakfast at Monticello with James and Dolley Madison as guests. Seen in the picture are: enslaved child Israel Gillette, age 12 carrying in food; Thomas Jefferson;...
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Building Monticello
Artist G. B. McIntosh imagines what it might have looked like to build Monticello....
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Camera Obscura
This camera obscura, which produces an inverted image on glass plate, was used by Jefferson’s grandchildren as an aid in drawing and possibly in making silhouettes....
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Cornelia’s Monticello Floor Plan
Cornelia Jefferson Randolph drew this plan of Monticello's first floor listing where many of the furnishings were placed....
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Door from the "Cuddy" to the Dome Room
According to their letters, Jefferson’s granddaughters used the space in the attic of the west front pediment as a private space, calling it their “cuddy.”...
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