Library of Congress - Richard Morris Hunt

They own the 2nd and 3rd serie of "L'Architecture Americaine" and they are looking for the 1st serie. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ and look for "Albert Levy". It also has more sources (32). You can also look for "Albert Levy's Architectural photographic series" and you will find 232 photos. 45 x 39 cm

  • Within the Library of Congress there is the Hunt Collection: the photography Collection of Richard Morris Hunt archive. You can find all pictures at this pdf. It contains nearly 30 of Albert Levy's pictures, incluiding pictures of his own builings during their construction (i.e: Vanderbilt's houses).
  • This is the list of the pictures by Levy in the Hunt Collection.

    • P79.1816 Unidentified monumental interior, near completion, with ironwork awaiting assembly and installation, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, blind stamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York, label 48

    • P79.1997 Henry Murger monument, blind stamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York, stamp on mount 89, label 3 (NAR = Henri Murger, 1822-1861, novelist, published using name as on monumentHenry)

    • P79.2442 Unidentified bridge construction scene

    • P79.2450 Unidentified monumental mantel, incomplete, possibly duringinstallation, blind stamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York, stamp on mount 50, label 2 

      William K Vanderbilt Residence. NY

    • P79.439 Exterior showing Fifth Avenue entrance, LC-DIG-ds-10771

    • P79.447 Windows, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.448 Roof, dormer, and turret, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.449 Oriel window, detail of corbel, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.450 Bay windows, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.452 Roof and dormer windows, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.453 Oriel window, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.454 Roof, dormer, and turret over main entrance, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St.,NY, heavy retouching to photo and some details drawn in ink

    • P79.455 Windows above entrance, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.456 Bay and windows, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.457 Temporary window with broken panes, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.458 Bay with man holding mallet and chisel in window, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.459 Dormer and windows above bay, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.460 Detail of brackets at base of turret, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.441a Fifth Avenue façade, incomplete, Albert Levy, 4 Bond St., NY

    • P79.442 Principal façade

    • P79.45l Principal façades with figure, possibly policeman, Albert Levy, 4 BondSt., NY

    • P79.675 Model of entrance bay, including buttressed dormer and turret

    • P79.38 Longitudinal section thro reading rooms, and Cross section thro galleries, section renderings, photograph of drawings, blind stamp Albert Levy New York, photo mounted on cloth

    • P79.39 Longitudinal section thro galleries, section rendering, photograph of drawing, photo mounted on cloth

    • P79.40 Ground plan, photograph of drawing, blind stamp Albert Levy New York, photo mounted on cloth

    • P87.4412 Perspective rendering, photograph of drawing, blind stamp Albert Levy New York

    • 80.4082 Opéra de Paris, Paris , France, entrance façade, inscribed Académie Nationale de Musique, Paris, blind stamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York, label 4

    • P79.1816 Unidentified monumental interior, near completion, with ironwork awaiting assembly and installation, facsimile signature stamp E. Baldus, blindstamp Albert Levy, Architectural & Decorative Books, 77 University Place, New York, label 48 

  • It is very important to highlight the relationship between Richard Morris and Albert Levy. It is quite likely that Hunt hired Levy to record his work. We can see a nice example in this picture at the HALIC collection in the Art Institute of Chicago. It is the picture of a model of a Vanderbilt residence. 

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