Object Details
- Author
- N. Orr & Co
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution Building South Front
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- From William Jones Rhees, An Account of the Smithsonian Institution (Philadelphia: Collins, 1857).
- Summary
- Engraving of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle," gateway with visitors outside the gates and man going through a door to the right of the gates. On the left is a dog running. The engraving was published in the Smithsonian Guidebook of 1857. The gates were designed in 1849 by James Renwick, but were not built in the nineteenth century.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30, Folder: 5A
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1857
- Standard number
- SIA2011-2830 or 43804
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Engraving
- Photographic print
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Engraving ; Medium: Photographic Print
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Museum visitors
- Visitor's Guide
- Museum buildings
- Guide books
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13169
