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Smithsonian Institution Building West Range with Shindler Portraits

1871

Smithsonian Institution Building, The Castle

Smithsonian Institution Building, The Castle
Washington, DC, United States

Smithsonian Institution Building West Range with Shindler Portraits
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AUTHOR:
Unknown (Thomas W. Smillie?)
SUBJECT:
Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno) 1823-1899
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution Building West Range
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Color: Black and White; Size: 7 1/2w x 7 1/2h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
TYPE:
Photographic print
Exhibit
DATE:
1871
CATEGORY:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
NOTES:
Published in "The Castle: An Illustrated History of the Smithsonian Building" by Cynthia R. Field, Richard E. Stamm, and Heather P. Ewing, p. 104. Page 105 shows an additional view of this hall looking east (private collection).
Original Negative Number is 60144.
SUMMARY:
The West Range of the Smithsonian Institution Building, which had formerly served as part of the Gallery of Art, arranged to display ethnological specimens of North American Indian workmanship along with artifacts from China, Japan and prehistoric France for purposes of comparison. Along the arcades hang portraits depicting American Indian delegates, who visited Washington between 1858 and 1869, painted by United States National Museum artist Antonio Zeno Shindler. At the end of the hall hangs a large portrait of the French historian and statesman Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot painted by George Peter Alexander Healey.
CONTAINED WITHIN:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 21
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
TOPIC:
Ethnology
Exhibitions
Interiors
Native American portraits
STANDARD NUMBER:
95-20765 or 60144
RESTRICTIONS:
No restrictions
DATA SOURCE:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Details

  • Title: Smithsonian Institution Building West Range with Shindler Portraits
  • Date Created: 1871

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