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Drawing class, Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Drawing class, Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1920] — historic photograph
Drawing class, Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.], [ca. 1920]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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This rare historic photograph captures Drawing class, Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Drawing class, Corcoran Art Gallery, [Washington, D.C.]

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A class of students at work inside the Corcoran Art Gallery places this glass negative in one of Washington's earliest public art institutions. William Wilson Corcoran founded the gallery in 1869, and it also ran an art school, so a drawing class was a fitting subject. The National Photo Company, which recorded the city's streets, buildings and institutions in the early twentieth century, made the negative around 1920, though the title comes from company notes that have not been verified. Streaks and blemishes across the glass come from the natural deterioration of its original coating.

Created / published[ca. 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.}.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan7,113 × 5,578 px · prints to 24 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-258395

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