Ernest Peixotto, Reading room, Bates Hall, 1896, Ernest Peixotto

Artist's rendition of the main reading room of the boston public library, bates hall. The drawing is notable as it depicts the mural on the north end of the hall as being completed. It never was, and remains blank to this day. 1 drawing: wash, opaque white and graphite. Published in: "the new building of the boston public library" by t. R. Sullivan, scribner's magazine, 19:88 (january 1896). Date: 1896.