Some Architects' Portraits in Nineteenth-Century America: Personifying the Evolving Profession Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 103,

by James F. O'Gorman

This is the first study devoted to the portraits of nineteenth-century American architects. It is an examination of the way the iconography of such images changed over time to reflect the changing social status of the architect as the profession evolved during the century. Portraits in oil on canvas, drawings, and photography in the text range from Charles Willson Peale's image of William Buckland in the late eighteenth century to John Singer Sargent's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606180347
• ISBN13: 9781606180341
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 94 Pages