Who created "Second Bank of the United States,"?

Second Bank of the United States, was created by Grant Miles Simon in 1951.

What medium is "Second Bank of the United States,"?

Second Bank of the United States, is lithograph in black on wove paper.

Second Bank of the United States, 1830

Grant Miles Simon

1951

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Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 30.32 × 22.54 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 37.47 × 28.58 cm (14 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Classification

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

Accession Number

2015.19.1392

Art Historical Context

Step into the past with *Second Bank of the United States 1830*, a 1951 lithograph Grant Miles Simon. This black-on-wove-paper print captures the neoclassical grandeur of Philadelphia's Second Bank, a institution in early American finance. Measuring about 12 by 9 inches in its image area, the work meticulously renders the building's imposing columns and symmetrical facade as it stood in 1830, evoking the era's architectural elegance inspired by ancient Greek temples. The Second Bank, chartered in 1816 and housed in this William Strickland-designed structure from 1819, symbolized the young nat...

Second Bank of the United States, 1830

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