Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Building East Wing  Search this

Hornblower & Marshall  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Interior

Date:

1903

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

See CRF, The Castle, p. 46; USNM Report 1903, p. 233.

Summary:

The Art Room in the East Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building, created by third Secretary Samuel P. Langley. The furnishings were specially designed by Hornblower and Marshall. Encircling the room was a plaster copy of the Parthenon frieze and carbon photographs by Adolphe Braun of Old Master portraits and paintings.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 20

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Interiors  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Building--Art Room  Search this

Art Collection  Search this

Prints  Search this

Standard number:

15882 or MAH-15882

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_9301