Sweden

Series Abstract

The bulk of this series consists of late-19th century lithographic views of port cities in Sweden, Italy, and France. Also present are drawings reproduced in late-19th century periodicals of Torpa Slott (Torpa Palace) in Sweden and of the White House in Washington, D.C. A lithograph of an example of Flemish architecture and a photograph of the construction or renovation of a commercial building in an unidentified U.S. city complete this series.

Abstract Sketchbooks of drawings and plans, architectural drawings, lithographs and other reproductions of largely European architecture constitute the Weinreb Architectural collection, a group of materials that represents a small selection of the inventory of London antiquarian architectural bookseller Ben Weinreb (1912-1999). The sketchbooks especially document architects' visits to important examples of European architecture in the mid- to late-19th century to sketch and study their styles and...