1939 Rhode Island Architecture Exhibition
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Creation Date
1748
Photographer
Harvey Weber
Location
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Worktype
libraries (buildings)
Style/Period
eighteenth century
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, / 1939. At the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, / Rhode Island. / Exhibited Oberlin, Ohio at Oberlin College. November and December, 1939. / Exhibited Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, January, 1940. / Exhibited Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. March, 1940. ; [verso, typed, bottom:] REDWOOD LIBRARY, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. 1748 by Peter Har- / rison, 1716-1775. Photo by Weber. / The larger masses to the rear are not part of the original scheme. The rusti- / cated woodwork of the walls and the correct Roman classical detail is, and / probably always was, sanded and painted stone-colour to complete the illusion / of masonry construction implicit in the design.
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)