Gateway of the Smithsonian Institution Building
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Creator: N. Orr & Co
Form/Genre: Engraving
Date: 1857
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 5A
Engraving of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," gateway with visitors outside the gates and man going through a door to the right of the gates. On the left is a dog running. The engraving was published in the Smithsonian Guidebook of 1857. The gates were designed in 1849 by James Renwick, but were not built in the nineteenth century.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
From William Jones Rhees, An Account of the Smithsonian Institution (Philadelphia: Collins, 1857).
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 5A
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1857
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SIA2011-2830 or 43804
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Engraving ; Medium: Photographic Print