Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Gallery of Art
- United States National Museum
- Picture Gallery
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- This is a cropped version of the image. See also 43804-D for uncropped version of image.
- Summary
- Engraving of the Gallery of Art above the Great Hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), or "Castle," c.1857. This pre-fire engraving entitled, "The Picture Gallery," shows people browsing a room laden with portraits. The engraving was published in the Guidebook of 1857.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 11
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c.1857
- Standard number
- 93-9501
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Engraving
- Interior
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Engraving
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Art museums
- Exhibitions
- Engraving
- Museum visitors
- Visitor's Guide
- Art objects
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11593
