1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Date Range
1874-1876
Photographer
Berenice Abbott
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses; mansions; manor houses
Style/Period
manor houses
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[typed, top:] From the exhibitions [sic] "RHODE ISLAND ARCHITECTURE" , June, 1939- October 20, 1939. / Exhibited Oberlin, Ohio, Oberlin College, November and December, 1939. / Exhibited Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, January, 1940. / Selected examples exhibited Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, March, / 1940. ; [verso, typed, bottom:] WATTS SHERMAN HOUSE, Shephard Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. / 1874-1876. By H. H. Richardson, 1838-1886. / Photo Abbott. / The first and in some respects the finest American version of the English / manor house. The wing on the left was added much later in the original style.
Description
verso of photograph; Photograph exhibited in Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition, 1939, RISD Museum. Curated by RISD Museum Director Alexander Dorner (tenure 1938-1941) and architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
Keywords
architecture (discipline); mansions; manor houses