National Academy of Design : photographs of the new building / with an introductory essay and description by P.B. Wight
A photographic album published in New York in 1866 by S.P. Avery, with an introductory essay and descriptions by architect P.B. Wight, documenting the new building of the National Academy of Design for an American audience interested in architecture. The pictures are sepia albumen photographs of Gothic Revival interiors and carved details, including a circular-framed capital of stylised foliage, pointed arches, a stone stair with iron balustrade, and a plate of small ornamented niches. A designer could draw on the crisp carved foliage and the Gothic arcade rhythm for period ornament, or on the warm monochrome tones of these early photographs.
