Object Details
- Subject
- Renwick Gallery
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
- National Collection of Fine Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Corcoran Gallery of Art Early History
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Original negative number is a National Archives and Records Administration number.
- Summary
- A drawing showing the exterior of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art at 17th and Pennsylvania Avenue. The building was designed by architect James Renwick, Jr., and built in 1859. In 1972, the building was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, and named the Renwick Gallery of Art. The National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, with the additional gallery space, devoted the gallery to American creativity in crafts, design, and decorative art.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 24
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1875
- Standard number
- SIA2008-2353 or 273-MHW-83
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Exterior
- Drawing
- Architectural drawings
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Type of Image: Drawing ; Medium: Architecture; Exterior
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Drawing
- Art museums
- Museum buildings
- SI Buildings
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12909
