Henry Bacon Watercolors on Exhibit

Summary

Special Exhibition of watercolors of Egypt, Greece, Italy, France, and England by Henry Bacon (1839-1912) at the National Gallery in the Museum of Natural History (MNH), March 14-April 30,1931. Twenty-two watercolors arranged in two rows fill the back walls. Four women and a boy are viewing them, at the left rear. Three women are seated on back to back benches, in the right foreground.

Subject

• National Collection of Fine Arts
• National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• Smithsonian American Art Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• F5 contains two additional photos of this event.
• The original negative number is 18342-D, but that negative could not be found on file. The original photograph was re-scanned and given new negative and digital file numbers.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, Box 36, Folder 2

Contact information

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

Date

1931

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Art
• Exhibitions
• Museums
• History
• Art--History
• Museum visitors
• Bacon, Henry

Form/Genre

• Print
• Exhibit
• Watercolor

ID Number

2004-10359 or MAH-18342-D

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8x10; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Print

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