Richard Morris Hunt:
In a New Light

Richard Morris Hunt, Rendering for East Elevation of William K. and Alva Vanderbilt’s Marble House, ca. 1888. Courtesy of the Hunt Collection in the AIA/AAF Collection, Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Photograph of Richard Morris Hunt's studio in Newport, showing a plaster cast of his statue as a stonemason, conceived as a tribute to the architect for the roof of Petit Château in New York City. Frank H. Child (American), 1895. Reproduced courtesy of the Hunt Collection in the AIA/AAF Collection, Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Photograph of Richard Morris Hunt's studio in Newport. Frank H. Child (American), 1895. Reproduced courtesy of the Hunt Collection in the AIA/AAF Collection, Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Richard Morris Hunt, 1874 drawing of Cologne, Germany, showing the waterfront with boats, buildings and the Cologne Cathedral under construction. Courtesy of the Hunt Collection in the AIA/AAF Collection, Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Cassone, or wedding chest, described in the catalog of the Emile Gavet Collection and purchased by Alva and William Vanderbilt to be displayed in the Gothic Room at Marble House. Attributed to the workshop of Francesco di Giorgio (Sienna, 1439-1501) and possibly Neroccio de' Landi (Sienna, 1447-1500), ca. 1475. The Preservation Society of Newport County, PSNC.12603

18th-century French drawing of a colonnade, from the collection of Richard Morris Hunt. Gabriel Pierre Martin Dumont (French, ca. 1720-ca. 1790), 1786. Courtesy of the Hunt Collection in the AIA/AAF Collection, Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.