1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Date Range
1725-1726
Photographer
William King Covell
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
churches (buildings)
Style/Period
American Colonial; Anglican (Church of England)
Image Type
photographic prints; enlargements (copies)
Image Measurements
width: 30 inches, height: 40 inches
Inscription
[typed label, bottom right:] TRINITY CHURCH, 1725-26 / Newport / Architect: Richard Munday / This Anglican church follows the models provided by Wren's / London churches of a generation earlier rather than the / American 17th century meeting house type. Extended in 1762. / Photo by Covell
Description
interior; 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); churches (buildings); box pews; pulpits