2010.44: Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2010.44

People

Mathew B. Brady & Studio, American (Warren County, New York active 1844 - 1895 New York, New York)

Title

Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887), architect of the United States Capitol

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph, Imperial photograph

Date

c. 1857

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/286289

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Salted paper print

Dimensions

image: 44 x 34.2 cm (17 5/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, lower center, graphite: Walter
• inscription: verso, upper left, blue crayon: 5
• inscription: verso, upper left, black ink: Mr. Walter
  Architect of Capitol
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Walter
  architect Capitol
• stamp: verso, center, black ink: [Harvard College Library stamp]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA, bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell, 1918, on deposit at the Fogg Art Museum, 1976.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library, Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell

Accession Year

2010

Object Number

2010.44

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Chasing Shadows, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/21/1995 - 04/02/1995
• 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/10/2018 - 11/08/2018

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