Painting of the Renwick Gallery
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Creator: Briggs, Frederic Schuler
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1870
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 38A, Folder: 18
The original Corcoran Gallery of Art building on Pennsylvania Avenue was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1972 and became the Renwick Gallery, part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This painting by Frederic Schuler Briggs shows people walking in front of the building in a snowy scene. Shows entire west and south facades arrayed with statuary. A portion of Blair House is also visible.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The old negative number is 50444, but that negative could not be found.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 38A, Folder: 18
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1870
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SIA2011-1143 and 50444 CN and 2002-12221
Color: Color; Size: 11x14; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print