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Despradelle, Constant Désiré

1862-1912


Professor of Architecture 1893-1912

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Architectural Society 1909 [FHLuscomb_035]

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Désiré Despradelle with Students in an Architecture Class, circa 1898 [DEPTAR250]

Portrait of Constant Désiré Despradelle, Professor of Architecture at MIT from 1893-1912.

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CDD.P.34
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
before 1892
View thumbnail Un Marche
CDD.P.25
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1882
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CDD.P.27
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1870s
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CDD.P.32
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
before 1892
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CDD.BP.23
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
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CDD.BP.07
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Section Showing the Disposition of the Various Stories [Beacon of Progress]
CDD.BP.29
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
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CDD.P.12
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1890
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CDD.09
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1900
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.01
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Drawing with Notes
CDD.Box01.03
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
View thumbnail [Despradelle Memorial Exhibition]
2016.002.047.013
1913-03
View thumbnail DESIRE DESPRADELLE
MEM-2593
Ferrier, Gabriel Jose Marie Agustin
1913
View thumbnail [Studies for Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.09
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1890
View thumbnail Petit Hotel
CDD.P.29
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1877
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CDD.BP.02
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail [Museum of Artillery]
CDD.P.13B
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1892
View thumbnail [Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.01E
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1890
View thumbnail [Studies for Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.08
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1890
View thumbnail MIT Cambridge Campus
CDD.11
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1912
View thumbnail Monument to typify the apotheosis of American civilization projected for the site of the World's Fair at Chicago known as Jackson Park - General Plan
CDD.BP.04
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail [Proposed Department Store for Copley Square]
CDD.P.22
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1906
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CDD.P.13A
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1892
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CDD.P.13E
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1892
View thumbnail Grille, Style Moderne
CDD.P.26
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1875
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CDD.BP.25
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
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CDD.BP.15
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail [Museum of Artillery]
CDD.P.13F
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1892
View thumbnail [Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.01D
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1890
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.30
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Project and Assignment Notes
CDD.Box01.02
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
View thumbnail [Despradelle Exhibition]
2016.002.047.015
1913-03
View thumbnail Un Château D'Eau
2016.002.121
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1887
View thumbnail Ecole Communale de Chaumont
CDD.P.28
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1873
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.03
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.12
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Competition for the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
CDD.P.24
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1913
View thumbnail [Studies for Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.07
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1890
View thumbnail [Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.01B
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1890
View [Proposed Department Store for Copley Square]
CDD.P.20
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1906
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.19
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Studies for Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.08
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.27
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail [Proposed Department Store for Copley Square]
CDD.P.23
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1906
View thumbnail [Museum of Artillery]
CDD.P.13C
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1892
View thumbnail [Museum of Artillery]
CDD.P.13D
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1892
View thumbnail [Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.01A
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1890
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.22
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.11
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View Musee d'Artillere
CDD.P.19
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1892
View thumbnail École de Beaux-Arts Programmes
CDD.Box01.01
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1882-1891
View thumbnail Notebook, Cours de Desssin Lineaire, Constructions Geometriques
CDD.Box01.06
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
View thumbnail Atelier Pascal invitation
CDD.Box01.07
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
View thumbnail The Beacon of Progress, A Monument to Glorify the American Nation, by D. Despradelle.
2016.002.116
Lord, Israel Pierre
View thumbnail Studies for Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.20
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.14
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Construction Communales
CDD.P.30
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1877
View thumbnail Berkeley Building, Typical Travee
CDD.42
Codman & Despradelle
ca. 1904
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.05
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.28
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail [Studies for Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.11
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1890
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.06
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View [Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.06
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1890
View thumbnail [Studies for Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.10
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1890
View thumbnail [Israel P. Lord personal and biographical]
2016.002.010
Lord, Israel Pierre
1876 - 1964
View thumbnail [Despradelle Memorial Exhibition]
2016.002.047.014
1913-03
View thumbnail [Vestibule and Stairway of a House]
CDD.P.31
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
before 1892
View thumbnail [A Doorway]
CDD.P.33
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1885
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.13
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.26
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail Study for Beacon of Progress
CDD.BP.18
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1893 - 1900
View thumbnail [Proposed Department Store for Copley Square]
CDD.P.21
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1906-05
View thumbnail [Monument to Joan of Arc]
CDD.P.01C
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1890
View thumbnail Concours pour la reconstruction de la caserne des célestins
CDD.Box01.05
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
1890
View thumbnail [printed material - Despradelle]
2016.002.040
Chandler, Francis Ward; Pascal, Jean Louis
View thumbnail [Constant Désiré Despradelle]
2016.002.047.010
1912
View thumbnail Monument to Typify the Apotheosis of American Civilization Projected for the Site of the World's Fair at Chicago Known as Jackson Park
2016.002.122
Despradelle, Constant Désiré
ca. 1899
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