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1877
photo albums # 131, 133, 134
GUSN-194513
Bound album of 10 albumen prints, 1877, documenting wall paintings at the Sullivan Dorr residence, Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Title page indicates that the purpose of the album was specifically to record these frescoes on the walls of the front entry and parlor. Inscribed Sullivan Dorr Ames from Sullivan Dorr Esq., Christmas, 1877. Stamped "S" on cover.
historic houses
frescoes (paintings)
photograph albums
albumen prints
album number 133
1 photograph album; 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
1981
PC009.133
Museum Purchase
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
photograph albums
albumen prints
Dorr , Sullivan
Fresco
Sullivan Dorr House
Providence , Rhode Island
Item
photo albums # 131, 133, 134
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