Campus Buildings, Williams College, Massachusetts
ca. 1860
Medium
Photography-Photoprint
Classification
Photography-Photoprint
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Accession Number
1994.91.275
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the tranquil world of 1860s academia with *Campus Buildings, Williams College, Massachusetts*, a photoprint by George Kendall Warren. Captured around 1860, this image showcases the iconic East College and library on the Williams College campus in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The composition frames these stately structures amid a leafy setting, offering a rare glimpse into the architectural heart of one of America's early liberal arts colleges, founded in 1793. Warren, a pioneering 19th-century photographer, excelled in documenting collegiate landscapes, using the era's albumen photo...