Regents' Room in Smithsonian Institution Building

ID: 2005-10436

Creator: Roberts, Co

Form/Genre: Engraving

Date: c. 1856

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 12

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Summary

Engraving of the Regents' Room in the Smithsonian Institution Building showing Regents seated at a table conducting business, nineteenth century view. The engraving was published in the Guidebook of 1857.

Subject

  • Board of Regents
  • Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • Cropped image of engraving from William Jones Rhees, An Account of the Smithsonian Institution (Philadelphia: Collins, 1857).
  • The old negative number is 43804-A. For an image of the engraving with text in Rhees' book, see digital file number, mah-43804.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 12

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1856

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Engraving
  • Visitor's Guide

Form/Genre

  • Engraving
  • Interior

ID Number

2005-10436

Physical description

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

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