1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1882
Photographer
Berenice Abbott
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses; mansions
Style/Period
Shingle Style
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[verso, typed:] CATALOG NUMBER: / DATE: 1882. / EXHIBITIONS: / COLLECTIONS: / DESCRIPTION: ISAAC BELL, JR., HOUSE, Bellevue Avenue, Newport. 1882. / By McKim Mead and White. The delicacy of detail in White's best early / work is well illustrated by the bamboo-like porch columns. The Adam detail / of the gable windows and oculus is prophetic of the conversion to academic / style which came a few years later. / BIBLIOGRAPHY: / NOTES:
Description
exterior; National Historic Landmark, designated 1997; 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); historic houses; mansions