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Thomas U. Walter portrait, 1876
A portrait of Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887) from the second of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. Walter was an American architect, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence o...
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| Collection: | Herbert Welsh Collection (#0702) |
| Date: | 1876 |
| Dimensions: | 30 x 36 cm |
| Location: | 914 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA |
| Box Number: | Box 115 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13775 |
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A portrait of Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887) from the second of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. Walter was an American architect, the dean of American architecture between the 1820 death of Benjamin Latrobe and the emergence of H.H. Richardson in the 1870s. He was the fourth Architect of the Capitol and responsible for adding the north (Senate) and south (House) wings and the central dome that is predominately the current appearance of the U.S. Capitol building. Walter was one of the founders and second president of the American Institute of Architects. This digital record contains one image that depicts one portrait from box 115 (labeled as: Representative Men in Phila. 1876"). |
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