1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1720
Photographer
Nicholas Romano
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
historic houses
Style/Period
American Colonial
Image Type
photographic prints
Image Measurements
8 inches x 10 inches
Inscription
[verso, typed, top:] From the show called "RHODE ISLAND ARCHITECTURE", June, 1939- October / 20, 1940[correction: 1939]. At the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, / Providence, Rhode Island. / Exhibited Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, November and December, 1939. / Exhibited Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, February, 1940. / Selected examples exhibited Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, / March, 1940. verso, typed, bottom: JAHLEEL [sic] BRENTON HOUSE, Thames Street, Newport, 1720. / An early example of academic eighteenth century plan and design, with sym- / etrical five-opening facade, hip roof, modillion cornice and plastered / portal. Destroyed.
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)