View of the double bronze doors in the west entrance of the Capitol building. They were designed by Joseph M. Huston, modeled by Otto Jahnson, and cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company. A medallion of William Penn, copied from an engraving by S.A. Schoff, and two lunettes, sit above four panels depicting the Declaration of Independence, the Signing of the Constitution, and the natural resources of the State. The two medallions in the middle represent History and Education. The design of the doors purportedly followed the precedent set by Lorenzo Ghiberti's door of the Baptistry in Florence, Italy., Signature of photographer on mount., Manuscript note on mount: Main Entrance Doors., 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., Reproduced in Charles H. Caffin's Handbook of the New Capitol of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Mount Pleasant Press, 1906) pg. 19, with description pages 17-18., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer
Date
1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.90]
View of the grand staircase in the rotunda before the installation of Vincenzo Alfano's Angels of Light. Includes the putti figures on the pediment of the mezzanine doorway created by Vincenzo Alfano and the light standards designed by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company., 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.
Date
1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.8]
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., 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.
Date
1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.46]
View of the grand staircase in the rotunda from the main entrance arch. Depicts the staircase before the installation of Vincenzo Alfano's Angels of Light., 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.
Date
1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.7]