Details
Contributor Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, manufacturer.
Title [Standard for main entrance of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building on display in the studio of the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company] [graphic].
Date 1906
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver mounted on cardboard ; 18 x 24 cm. (7 x 9.5 in.), on mount 25.5 x 30 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Description Depicts Eugene F. Aucaigne standing next to the twenty-one foot high ornamental bronze column surmounted by an eagle, in the studio of the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company. The standard was designed by Joseph M. Huston, modeled by Piccirilli Brothers, and cast in one piece by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, under the supervision of Aucaigne. Created for the Capitol building, constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston.
Notes Note on mount: Designed by Joseph M. Huston, architect. Modeled by Piccirilli Bros. Cast in one piece by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company. 21 feet high.
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.
Reproduced in The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), p. 242.
Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company.
Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Eagles -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Light fixtures -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Standards -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Portraits -- 1900-1910.
Associated name Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Associated name Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, manufacturer.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.46]
Accession number P.8479.46