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[New York, N.Y., Statuary Hall, Metropolitan Museum] – Vintage Wall Art

[New York, N.Y., Statuary Hall, Metropolitan Museum], [between 1902 and 1910] — historic photograph
[New York, N.Y., Statuary Hall, Metropolitan Museum], [between 1902 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue, this gallery was given over to sculpture, letting visitors in the early 1900s study large figures without traveling to Europe. At that time the museum's sculpture displays relied heavily on plaster casts of classical and Renaissance works, which many American museums collected so students and the public could see famous statues up close. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American cities and landmarks for sale, recorded the scene on an 8-by-10-inch glass negative made between 1902 and 1910.

Created / published[between 1902 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034648. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsMetropolitan Museum of Art. Galleries & museums. Sculpture.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67495

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