Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Renwick, James 1818-1895  Search this

Ezekiel, Moses Jacob 1844-1917  Search this

Renwick Gallery  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Architecture

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

late 19th century

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

See Corcoran Gallery Archives

Summary:

View of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art, designed by James Renwick, Jr. Statues by Moses Ezekiel are in niches on the main facade, the outer niches are missing statues, awnings are on street level windows. The Corcoran was later relocated, and in 1972 the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, gained additional gallery space with the acquisition of the building now called the Renwick Gallery.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 24

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

SI Buildings  Search this

Art museums  Search this

Statues  Search this

Museum buildings  Search this

Museums  Search this

Standard number:

SIA2008-2351and 84-3556

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown (probably not SI?)

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_5944