Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Statue of Freedom (Statue)
- Arts and Industries Building
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890.
- Summary
- Close-up view of the Statue of Freedom in the Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building. Wooden benches surround the base of the statue.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 20
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- Probably post-1900
- Standard number
- 30944 or MAH-30944
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Object
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Statues
- Sculpture
- Benches
- Rotundas
- Stencil work
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9706
