Interior View of the Main Hall of Prison, East Side, which is 6 Stories High, and Contains 600 Cells, No. 4318 from the series "Sing Sing Prison Views"
Anthony and Company (American, active 1848–1901)
1860/69
- Medium
- Albumen print, stere
- Classification
- Photograph
- Dimensions
- Each image: 7.5 × 7.7 cm (3 × 3 1/16 in.); Card: 8.2 × 17 cm (3 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- United States
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Gift of Harold Allen
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Text printed on reverse of stereocard:
Interior view of the Main Hall of Prison, east side, which is 6 stories high, and contains 600 cells.
The Prison is built of white marble, was commenced 1825, is 6 stories high, 480 ft. long, 44 ft. wide, and contains 1200 cells. Gaylord J. Clark, James K. Bates, David V. Foreest. Inspector of State Prisons, 1865. Stephan H. Johnson, Agent.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
