Newport Ruin

Description (Brief):

Black and white print depicting a large cylindrical stone structure supported by seven columns with arches between them. Buildings and a body of water are visible in the background. Two men stand in the foreground looking at the structure and musing that some think that the ruin had been a fortress and can never admit that it had been a mill.

Date Made: 1833

Maker: Endicott & Swett

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: Chronology: 1830-1839Architecture, Domestic Buildings

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See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Art, Peters Prints, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.3701Catalog Number: 60.3701

Object Name: lithographObject Type: Lithograph

Measurements: image: 8 1/2 in x 11 5/8 in; 21.59 cm x 29.5275 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-41e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_325883

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