Gates to the South Yard
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Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Engraving
Date: 1849
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 5 and Record Unit 371, Box 2
Engraving of gates designed by James Renwick for the entrance to the South Yard of the Smithsonian Institution Building. They were not built in the nineteenth century. View shows visitors and dogs near the entrance, with Castle towers looming in distance, nineteenth century view.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
From Robert Dale Owen, Hints on Public Architecture, 1849, p. 109. Neg. #78-6595 has caption 'Southern Gateway, Smithsonian Institution'.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 5 and Record Unit 371, Box 2
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1849
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78-6595 and MNH 2534-G
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Engraving