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; enlargements (copies)
Image Measurements
width: 40 inches, height: 30 inches
Inscription
[typed label, bottom right:] WATTS-SHERMAN HOUSE, 1874-76 / Shepard Avenue, Newport / Architect: H. H. Richardson / 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. / Photo by Abbott
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); mansions; manor houses