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Venus of the Capitol

Venus of the Capitol

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Venus of the Capitol
Datec. 1860
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 10 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (25.7 × 12.1 cm)
 Mount: 21 × 14 1/2 in. (53.3 × 36.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Daphne Gawthrop, Virginia and Ira Jackson, and Karen R. Pope in memory of John Wisdom
Object number88.198
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWestside National Bank, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right below image in pencil "Venus of the Capitol"

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The Forum Looking toward the Capitol, Italy
Unknown Italian
The Forum Looking toward the Capitol, Italy
no date
Albumen silver print
88.272
[Still life with Venus Sculpture]
Amateur de Longjumeau
[Still life with Venus Sculpture]
c. 1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2004.767
Image non disponible pour Old Capitol Prison, Washington
William R. Pywell
Old Capitol Prison, Washington
1860–1865
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2023.234.2.40
[Statue of the Goddess of Liberty on the Texas Capitol Grounds, Prior to Installation on top of the Rotunda as Construction is Completed]
Samuel B. Hill
[Statue of the Goddess of Liberty on the Texas Capitol Grounds, Prior to Installation
on top of the Rotunda as Construction is Completed]
1888
Albumen silver print from glass negative
2018.410
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
J. F. Jarvis Publishers, Washington, D.C.
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
c. 1880
Albumen silver print, stereograph
2004.1222.86
Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
J. F. Jarvis Publishers, Washington, D.C.
Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
c. 1880
Albumen silver print, stereograph
2004.1222.87
Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
J. F. Jarvis Publishers, Washington, D.C.
Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
c. 1880
Albumen silver print, stereograph
2004.1222.88
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
J. F. Jarvis Publishers, Washington, D.C.
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
c. 1880
Albumen silver print, stereograph
2004.1222.83
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
J. F. Jarvis Publishers, Washington, D.C.
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
c. 1880
Albumen silver print, stereograph
2004.1222.84
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
J. F. Jarvis Publishers, Washington, D.C.
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
c. 1880
Albumen silver print, stereograph
2004.1222.85
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
J. F. Jarvis Publishers, Washington, D.C.
In Brumidi's Allegorical Painting, in Dome of the Capitol.
c. 1880
Albumen silver print, stereograph
2004.1222.82
[man and woman posing in front of Venus de Milo with woman on right looking at sculpture]
Unknown
[man and woman posing in front of Venus de Milo with woman on right looking at sculpture]
1940s–1950s
Gelatin silver print
2014.447
Unknown