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[Marble carvers in their workshop sculpting cherub figures and caryatids for Entresol floor of the Pennsylvania capitol building.] [graphic].
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Contributor
Alfano, Vincenzo, 1854-1918, artist.
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Title
[Marble carvers in their workshop sculpting cherub figures and caryatids for Entresol floor of the Pennsylvania capitol building.] [graphic].
Date
1906
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver; 20 x 25 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description
In the foreground workmen carve two cherubs grasping a huge globe, a marble ornament which was mounted over the entresol door on the landing of the grand staircase in the Rotunda. Two other workmen are visible in the background, working on caryatids for the same location. Both the globe and caryatid figures were designed and sculpted by Vincenzo Alfano.
Notes
Manuscript note on verso: Duplicate. Over main Stairway - Entresol floor. Another copy in scrapbook.
The Pennsylvania State Capitol building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol.
LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48.
Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject
Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Marble workers -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Associated name
Alfano, Vincenzo, 1854-1918, artist.
Associated name
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.73]
Accession number
P.8479.73
In Collections
Pennsylvania Capitol Collection
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