COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
193849
imageid
193849
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
partialView
imagetitletype
partialView
Type of View
false
View Title:
620 Fifth Ave. Entrance; "Industries of the British Empire"; detail, Coal
imagetitle
620 Fifth Ave. Entrance; "Industries of the British Empire"; detail, Coal
View Title
false
Date of View:
6/14/2011
imagedate
6/14/2011
Date of View
false
Image description:
High relief cast bronze with gilding by Carl Paul Jennewein, overall 18 feet high, 11 feet wide, 1933. The nine gilded allegorical figures represent industries throughout the Empire (Australia, wool; Canada, wheat; Africa, cotton). The stylized sun represents "the sun never sets on the British Empire".
imagedescription
High relief cast bronze with gilding by Carl Paul Jennewein, overall 18 feet high, 11 feet wide, 1933. The nine gilded allegorical figures represent industries throughout the Empire (Australia, wool; Canada, wheat; Africa, cotton). The stylized sun represents "the sun never sets on the British Empire".
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module EIGHT
collection
Addition Module EIGHT
Collection
false
Culture:
American
culture
American
Culture
false
Related Work Title:
Rockefeller Center; partOf
relatedworktitle
Rockefeller Center; partOf
Related Work Title
false
Preferred Title:
Rockefeller Center; British Empire Building
worktitle
Rockefeller Center; British Empire Building
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Carl Paul Jennewein (American sculptor, 1890-1978); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)
workagentdisplay
Carl Paul Jennewein (American sculptor, 1890-1978); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)
Agent Display
false
Alternate Title:
The British Empire Building
titletext
The British Empire Building
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
New York, New York, United States
locations
New York, New York, United States
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
Twentieth century
styleperiod
Twentieth century
Style/Period
false
Style/Period:
Art Deco
styleperiod
Art Deco
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false