Hints on Public Architecture

Author Robert Dale Owen American, born Scotland

Architect Designs by James Renwick Jr. American

Publisher G. P. Putnam, New York American

1849

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This American architectural work was written to introduce the members of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institute to concepts of good taste in architecture, as demonstrated by current British examples by A. W. Pugin and discussed in the writings of John Ruskin.

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Title: Hints on Public Architecture
Author: Robert Dale Owen (American (born Scotland), Glasgow 1801–1877 Lake George, New York)
Architect: Designs by James Renwick Jr. (American, Bloomingdale, New York 1818–1895 New York)
Publisher: G. P. Putnam, New York
Date: 1849
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs and wood engraving
Dimensions: 12 3/4 × 9 5/8 × 13/16 in. (32.4 × 24.5 × 2 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
Object Number: 34.46.6
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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