P1997.36.22: Sheet 16: View of the U.S. Capitol, taken from Pennsylvania Avenue

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1997.36.22

People

John Wood, American (active 1850s - 1870s)

Title

Sheet 16: View of the U.S. Capitol, taken from Pennsylvania Avenue

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Photographs of the U.S. Capitol

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1857-1858

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/281377

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Salted paper print

Dimensions

image: 18 x 27.8 cm (7 1/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: inscribed [by Thomas Walter] in black ink on mount, upper left: View of Capitol, taken from Pennsylvania Avenue; inscribed [by Thomas Walter] in black ink on mount, lower right: 16

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Thomas Ustick Walter L.L.D., Washington, D.C., gift; to Harvard University, 1858, transferred; to Harvard Art Museums, 1997

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Accession Year

1997

Object Number

P1997.36.22

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

• Mazie Harris, Paper Promises: Early American Photography, exh. cat., Getty Trust Publications (Los Angeles, 2018), p. 108, pl. 28

Exhibition History

• Paper Promises: Early American Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 02/27/2018 - 05/27/2018

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