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The Grand Illumination: Sunset of the Gaslight Age, 1891

Artist
Peter Waddell
Date of Work
2006
Medium
oil paint
Type
Painting
Credit
Peter Waddell for the White House Historical Association
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The Grand Illumination: Sunset of the Gaslight Age, 1891

This oil painting of the Entrance Hall by Peter Waddell was made in 2006. The painting captures the lighting of a gaslight in 1891 during the Benjamin Harrison administration. The colored glass screen in the background was made by Louis Comfort Tiffany and was installed in the Entrance Hall to create a warmer welcoming for visitors while shielding the drawing rooms from the cold winter weather entering through the front door. ***Interior use only for publications***