Perspective of the Smithsonian Institution Building's South Tower
ID: SIA2012-0408 and 92-9486 and 92-9496
Creator: Renwick, James 1818-1895
Form/Genre: Paper
Date: c. 1848
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 92, Box 7, S11/Item 285
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- This drawing, drafted by architect James Renwick, Jr., depicts his Romanesque scheme for the Smithsonian Institution Building. The image was done in pencil on paper.
- James Renwick, Jr., began his design of the Smithsonian Institution Building with a Gothic castle and eventually reworked it into a Romanesque castle. This later scheme won him the competition in 1846 to be appointed architect for the design of the Smithsonian's first building.
Subject
- Renwick, James 1818-1895
- Smithsonian Institution Building South Towers
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Hints on Public Architecture containing, among other illustrations, views and plans of the Smithsonian Institution : together with an appendix relative to building materials, prepared, on behalf of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution, by Robert Dale Owen (Book)
- Smithsonian Institution Building Competition
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- See Neg. #s SIA2012-0407, SIA2012-0409, SIA2012-0410, SIA2012-0411, and SIA2012-0412 for additional sketches by Renwick.
- Part of a collection of 16 Renwick drawings which were acquired 8/21/1991. This drawing matches William Pierson's sheet 22 from the collection of original Renwick drawings. See "Renwick Drawings" binder for more information.
- The image was reproduced by wood engraving for plate ten of Robert Dale Owen's 1849 "Hints on Public Architecture," New York: G. P. Putnam, 1849, but it was never used.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 92, Box 7, S11/Item 285
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1848
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Design
- Architecture
- Architecture, Romanesque
- Drawings
- Architecture, Gothic
- Buildings
- Architectural drawing
- Architecture--Design and plans
- Architectural design
Form/Genre
- Paper
- Drawing
ID Number
SIA2012-0408 and 92-9486 and 92-9496
Physical description
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color; Size: 9.5w x 10h ; Type of Image: Architectural Drawing; Medium: Paper