Name/Title
The Fouche BlockEntry/Object ID
2010.12.1Description
Painting by Russell Briscoe titled "The Fouche Block"; c.1874 scene depicts the Fouche Building at the corner of Gay Street and Clinch Avenue in Knoxville with the white marble U.S. Customs House (the South's first Federal building) beyond; an assortment of conveyances are rendered including a Lamar House omnibus, horse-drawn streetcar, carriages, Penny-farthing bicycles, pushcart, and wagons; pedestrians line the sidewalks; 22"h x 30"w; painted 1974.