Depicts four workers chiseling a large slab of marble in a yard, probably in France, starting the rough carving of a sculpture designed by George Grey Barnard for the front entrance of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building., The Pennsylvania State Capitol building was contructed 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.
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.81]