Winter 2016

2016 Antiques & Fine Art 155 activity with reading and discussion groups, the presentation of works by new authors, music, and lectures. The old and new live easily within this ancient temple form, which continues to be visited, revisited, enhanced, and enriched in the manner of a true classic.  John Tschirch is an award-winning architectural historian, photographer, and a design history blogger. His photography and blog may be found at www.johnstories.com. 1. See George Champlin Mason, Annals of the Redwood Library (Newport, RI: The Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 1891), 12–13. 2. Ibid ., 31 3. A Catalogue of Books Belonging to the Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode Island. A.D. 1750. Archive of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. 4. Carl Bridenbaugh. Peter Harrison ‘First American Architect.’ (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1949), 48–49. 5. Ibid ., 50. Harrison also designed King’s Chapel (1749–1754) in Boston, Christ Church (1759– 1760) in Cambridge, Mass., Touro Synagogue (1762–1763), and the Brick Market (1762–1772) in Newport. All reflect his use of architectural pattern books and mastery of the Palladian man- ner. 6. In 1914, architect Norman Isham restored the main room, now known as the “Harrison Room,” removing nineteenth-century balconies and adding bookcases in a Colonial Revival style. See Norman Isham correspondence entitled Redwood Library, June 10, 1914 . Collection of the Newport Historical Society. 7. Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie. Furniture in Print: Pattern Books from the Redwood Library (Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1989). Also, John R. Tschirch and James L. Yarnall. Guide to Architectural Research Resources (Newport, RI: Redwood Library and Athenaeum, 2010). Fig. 10: William Claggett (1696–1749). Clock, ca. 1730. Japanned tall case. John Henri Isaac Browere (1790-1834). Bust of Gilbert Stuart (1825). Marble. Photograph courtesy of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum. The Redwood Library and Athenaeum. Fig. 11: General view of the Harrison Room: Paintings from left to right: Robert Feke (1705–1750), Rev. Thomas Hiscox , 1745. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches. The Gladys Moore Vanderbilt Memorial Collection; Partial gift of descendants of Countess Laszlo Széchényi, 1991; Alfred Hart (1816–1908), Dean George Berkeley , 1858. Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches. Gift of Charles H. Olmsted. Charles Bird King (1785–1862); Abraham Redwood , 1817. Oil on canvas, 42.3 x 34.3 inches. Gift of the artist, 1817; Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), John Banister , 1774–1775. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches. Gift of David Melville, circa 1859; Gilbert Stuart. Self Portrait at Twenty Four , 1778, Oil on canvas, 16¾ x 12¼ inches; Gilbert Stuartm Christian Banister and Son ,1774–1775. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches. Gift of David Melville, ca. 1859; Gilbert Stuart. Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse ca. 1775. Oil on canvas, 22 ¼ x 18 inches. Bequest of Louisa Lee Waterhouse, 1864. Photograph courtesy of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum.