The Cupola House, Edenton, North Carolina / Louis Orr. – Antique Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: The Cupola House, Edenton, North Carolina / Louis Orr., preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Cupola House, Edenton, North Carolina / Louis Orr.
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Edenton's Cupola House, named for the small rooftop cupola that rises above its hipped roof, is one of the most recognized survivals of the colonial port town that served as North Carolina's first capital. Louis Orr, an etcher known for his careful studies of historic American architecture, made this view around the late 1940s, when many older houses in the South were drawing renewed attention from preservationists. In the print, the house's weathered clapboards, symmetrical facade, and crowning cupola show the Georgian-era craftsmanship that made Edenton a favored subject for artists and historians.
| Medium | 1 print : etching ; 25.2 x 20.2 cm (image) |
|---|---|
| Notes | [S.l. : s.n., 1949?] |
| Subjects | Dwellings--North Carolina--Edenton--1940-1950. Cupolas--North Carolina--Edenton--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,240 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158695 |
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