Art Room in Smithsonian Institution Building (1903)

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Smithsonian Institution Building East Wing

Hornblower & Marshall

Notes

See Field, Stamm and Ewing, The Castle: An Illustrated History, p. 46; U.S. National Museum Report 1903, p. 233.

Summary

The Art Room in the East Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building, created by third Secretary Samuel P. Langley. The furnishings were specially designed by Hornblower and Marshall. Encircling the room was a plaster copy of the Parthenon frieze and carbon photographs by Adolphe Braun of Old Master portraits and paintings.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 20

Contact information

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

Date

1903

Standard number

16854 or MAH-16854

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Interior

Physical description

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Interiors

Smithsonian Institution Building--Art Room

Art Collection

Prints

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10793