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Smith, Russell,
Architecture exterior -- Education
Architecture exterior -- Education
Landscape -- Pennsylvania
Painting
Western University of Pennsylvania, (painting).
Artist:
Smith, Russell, 1812-1896, painter.
Title:
Western University of Pennsylvania, (painting).
Other Titles:
Western University, (painting).
Western University at Third and Cherry Alley, (painting).
Dates:
1833.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
12 x 18 1/8 in. (30.5 x 46 cm)
Inscription:
(Lower left:) R. S. (On reverse:) Russell Smith, 1833 signed
Subject:
Architecture exterior -- Education -- College
Architecture exterior -- Education -- Western University
Landscape -- Pennsylvania
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Accession Number: 75.19.6
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Smith, Russell, until 1885.
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1885-ca. 1897.
Carnegie Institute Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by 1916.
Acquired 1975.
Remarks:
This work was on loan to the Carnegie Library from 1916 to 1975.
References:
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992.
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, 1990.
Illustration:
Strazdes, Diana, "American paintings and sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art," New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Carnegie Museum of Art, 1992, pg. 433.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 46470362
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