1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1888
Photographer
Nicholas Romano
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
mansions
Style/Period
châteaux
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[verso, typed, portrait orientation:] DATE: 1888-1891 / DESCRIPTION: Archaeological French Late Gothic, executed in Indiana lime- / stone, closely resembling some contemporary French country houses. Cold, / splendid, elaborate, and wholly inappropriate to its site, if [sic] not to the / life it housed.
Description
exterior; 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)