Grand staircase, construction of the McKim Building

Title:: Grand staircase, construction of the McKim Building
Description:: View of Grand staircase, showing lion on north side, center left, looking from behind south sidelion center right; man standing at foot of stairs by marble arch lower right, second floor gallery center; coffered ceiling top left to center. Marble highly polished showing different types used
Sculptor:: Saint-Gaudens, Louis, 1854-
Architect:: McKim, Mead & White
Date:: [ca. 1890–1895]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Trustees' Library
Series:: Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:: Public libraries
Building construction
Coffers (Ceilings)
Stairways
Sculpture
Lions
Monuments & memorials
Boston Public Library
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Back Bay
Extent:: 1 photographic print : silver print
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tb09jv868
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
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Notes:: Image from: Public library building Copley Square : photographs of progress of the work Jan. 3, 1890 to completion
Accession #:: 06_03_000223
Call #:: T.R. Cab. 5.4 Vol. 2

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