Constructing the Capitol: William Thornton
The first Architect of the Capitol, William Thornton, was raised in England and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
Dr. Thornton traveled extensively on a study tour in Europe before briefly practicing medicine in Philadelphia (1786-1790) where he met and married Anna Maria Brodeau.
William Thornton, 1804.
- Date of Work
- 1804
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund