Object Details
- Author
- Vargas, Rick
- Subject
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Joseph Henry statue at the entrance of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle." Henry was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Insitution from 1846-1878. The bronze statue was commissioned in 1880 and installed in 1883, at which time it faced the Smithsonian Building. It was turned to face the National Mall in 1965.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1997
- Standard number
- 97-4128-07
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Negative
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 122mm ; Type of Image: Photograph ; Medium: Negative
- Place
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Photography--Negatives
- Secretaries
- Bronze
- Statues
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13481
