Exhibit in West Wing of Smithsonian Institution Building, c. 1880

ID: 71-988

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1880

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 3

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Summary

Set of two photographs showing two views of "America" on exhibition in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building. The full size terra-cotta reproduction of one of the marble corner pieces from the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park, London was on loan from Henry Doulton and Co. of England. The sculpture went on display with other objects from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Building West Wing

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See "The Castle" pg. 107.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 3

Contact information

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

Date

1880

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Sculpture
  • Exhibitions
  • Statues

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

71-988

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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