Chemical Laboratory Smithsonian Castle

Chemical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution Building

AUTHOR:
Unknown
SUBJECT:
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution Building East Range
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Engraving
TYPE:
Engraving
Interior
DATE:
c. 1856
CATEGORY:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
NOTES:
From William Jones Rhees, An Account of the Smithsonian Institution (Philadelphia: Collins, 1857).
SUMMARY:
Engraving of the Chemical Laboratory in the East Range of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), second room from Great Hall, next to the Natural History Laboratory. Nineteenth century view shows a scientist at work near window and laboratoryapparatus. The engraving was published in the Guidebook of 1857.
CONTAINED WITHIN:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 16
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520,SIHistory@si.edu
TOPIC:
Chemical Laboratory
Chemistry
Laboratories
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Visitor's Guide
STANDARD NUMBER:
43804-E or MAH-43804E
RESTRICTIONS:
No restrictions
DATA SOURCE:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div