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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.44
People
Mathew B. Brady & Studio, American (Warren County, New York active 1844 - 1895 New York, New York)
Title
Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887), architect of the United States Capitol
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, Imperial photograph
Date
c. 1857
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/286289

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 44 x 34.2 cm (17 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, lower center, graphite: Walter
  • inscription: verso, upper left, blue crayon: 5
  • inscription: verso, upper left, black ink: Mr. Walter
    Architect of Capitol
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Walter
    architect Capitol
  • stamp: verso, center, black ink: [Harvard College Library stamp]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA, bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell, 1918, on deposit at the Fogg Art Museum, 1976.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.44
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/10/2018 - 11/08/2018

Verification Level

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