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Title: [Pennsylvania State Capitol building, panorama of Capitol Park complex, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Photographic reproduction of a panoramic watercolor created by architect Joseph M. Huston of the Capitol building, including his preliminary design for Capitol Park. Includes two equestrian statues, one on the north end and another on the south end of the park. Monumental pillars flank the side path entrances and a large fountain is built into the center entrance ramp leading to the west entrance of the Capitol building. His rendering includes State Street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Signature of architect Joseph M. Huston on recto., Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906, to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor., 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.
Creator: Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
Date: ca. 1901
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **photo - unidentified - Cities [P.8479.69]

Title: Capitol of Pennsylvania, Joseph M. Huston, architect
Description: Artist's proof of a sketch depicting the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing a treeless Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. His rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Title from manuscript note on recto., Signature and stamp of the artist on recto., Note on recto: Artist's Proof, 1 Full Print, August 22, 1905; Huston, Mat WD#1, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909, artist
Date: August 22, 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.8479.114a]

Title: [Capitol of Pennsylvania, Joseph M. Huston, architect]
Description: Sketch depicting the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing a treeless Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. Bacher's rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Signature of artist and architect on recto, with a Mercy and Justice coat of arms., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Bacher, Otto H. (Otto Henry), 1856-1909, artist
Date: August 22, 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.8479.114b]

Title: [Capitol of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Detailed, oblique view of the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. Also depicts detailed views of exterior sculpture, such as the north and south statuary groups flanking the front entrance, the unexecuted Triumphant Quadriga above the central portico, and the Capitol tympana above the pediments of the north and south wings. The rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Manuscript signature of architect in pencil on recto: Compliments of Joseph M. Huston., Inscribed in lithograph: Hudson and Hawley, 1904., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date: 1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.8479.115a]

Title: [Capitol of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Detailed, oblique view of the Pennsylvania Capitol building from State Street showing Capitol Park, monumental pillars flanking the side path entrances and the large fountain built into the center entrance ramp leading to the main, west entrance of the Capitol building. Also depicts detailed views of exterior sculpture, such as the north and south statuary groups flanking the front entrance, the unexecuted Triumphant Quadriga above the central portico, and the Capitol tympana above the pediments of the north and south wings. The rendering includes street traffic and people recreating on the Capitol grounds., Inscribed in lithograph: Hudson and Hawley, 1904., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pgs. 42, 47-48., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date: 1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **GC - Government buildings [P.2280]

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