Details
Contributor Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911, artist.
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Title [Rotunda, pendentives and ceiling of the dome, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
Date 1906
Physical Description 1 photographic print : platinum on cardboard mount ; 14.5 x 23 cm. (5.5 x 9 in.), on mount 28.5 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Description Interior view of the central dome in the Rotunda, looking straight up from the ground, showing the four corner pendentives that receive the weight of the dome. In this image, the rondels are adorned with a decorative fleur-de-lis pattern, but would later contain Edwin A. Abbey's mural paintings of Religion, Law, Science, and Art, each of which measured fourteen feet in diameter.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
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 photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Domes -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Murals -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Rotundas -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Genre Platinum prints -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911, artist.
Associated name Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.15]
Accession number P.8479.103.15