Clock of House (LOC)

Clock of House

 

[between 1860 and 1890]

 

1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)

 

Notes:

Photograph shows Carlo Franzoni's 1819 marble sculpture Car of History Clock which was originally on display in the Hall of the House of Representatives. It features Clio, the Muse of History, standing in a winged chariot, atop a clock.

On mount: Stereoscopic Studies. American Scenery.

Title from item.

Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

 

Subjects:

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)--Buildings--1860-1890.

Architectural sculpture--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1890.

Clocks & watches--1860-1890.

Washington (D.C.)--1860-1890.

 

Format: Stereographs--1860-1890.

Photographic prints--1860-1890.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s07904

 

Call Number: LOT 13635, no. 14

 

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