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Elevation of the Belmont Menagerie, Newport, Rhode Island

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A colorful proposal for Oliver Belmont's monkey house. The building is to be a three-story structure with a central observation tower, and two flanking wings, here presented in a verdant landscape.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Artist
Whitney Warren Jr., American, 1864–1943
Date
ca. 1894
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough
Medium
Graphite, brush and brown, black, green, blue, red, and yellow watercolor, white gouache, on thin cream illustration board
Dimensions
13.3 x 27.1 cm (5 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.)
Type
architecture
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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