Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda is a photograph by Morris Finkelstein which was uploaded on August 20th, 2016.
Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda
The Old St. Louis County Courthouse was constructed in 1828 in the Federal style, and has undergone several redesigns and additions. The redesigns... more
Title
Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda
Artist
Morris Finkelstein
Medium
Photograph
Description
The Old St. Louis County Courthouse was constructed in 1828 in the Federal style, and has undergone several redesigns and additions. The redesigns included a three-story cupola in 1839, which was replaced by a cupola with an Italian renaissance cast iron dome modeled after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The history of this courthouse included slave auctions which took place until 1861. The famous Dred Scott slavery case was held in this courthouse, in which Dred Scott and his wife sued for their freedom in 1847, and was subsequently taken to the United States Supreme Court in 1857. The high court ruled against the Scotts. The Old Courthouse was abandoned by the city of St. Louis in 1930. In 1935, President Roosevelt declared that the Old Courthouse would be part of a National Monument, now known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, which also includes the Gateway Arch since 1965.
This photograph of the interior of the courthouse rotunda was taken on 8-6-2016. I used a Nikon D810 camera body and a Nikon 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 lens to capture this image.
I am honored that my photograph was featured in the Fine Art America groups:
Nikon Full Frame Cameras, 8-21-2016
Images That Excite You, 8-21-2016
Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife, 8-31-2016
The World We See Group, 9-21-2016
10 Plus, 10-26-2016
The American Flag, 12-13-2017
USA Photographers Only, 12-14-2017
Midwest America Photography, 12-18-2017
Art For Passion - Passion For Art, 7-2-2022
Art District, 7-5-2022
The 200 Club, 7-6-2022
Five Star Artist, 7-8-2022
Photographic Camera Art, 8-6-2022
Camera Art, 8-19-2022
Camera Art Special Feature, 8-22-2022
First Place in FAA Contest
"Independence Day Celebration"
7-11-2022; Admin. Glenn McCarthy
First Place In FAA Contest
"Saint Louis Landmarks"
5-18-2017; Admin. Ping Yan
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August 20th, 2016
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Comments (48)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! You are invited to post your art in the "Special Feature Archive Discussion" in the Camera Art group. Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art You can do that in the specific "Artist Special Feature Nomination" discussion in the Camera Art Group.
Morris Finkelstein replied:
Thank you Pamela for selecting my photo as a Special Feature in your Camera Art group! Many thanks to my fellow artists for their nominations!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Morris Finkelstein replied:
Thank you Pamela for featuring "Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda" in your Camera Art group. Very much appreciated!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!
Morris Finkelstein replied:
Thank you Don for featuring "Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda" in your Photographic Camera Art group. Very much appreciated!
David Hinds
Morris, Congratulations on your 1st Place win in the Independence Day Celebration contest!
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, on 1st Place Win, in INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, contest! v/f
Jennifer Jenson
Congratulations on your 1st Place win in the Independence Day Celebration contest! Incredible work!
Morris Finkelstein
Thank you Johanna for featuring "Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda" in your Five Star Artist group. Very much appreciated!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations! Your beautiful photograph is FEATURED on the home page of The 200 Club FAA/Pixels rising star photography group. To ensure that your noteworthy work remains visible between the next set of features and graduation, I invite you to post your photograph in the group's Features Archive 2022 discussion and/or other appropriate threads. Thank you for sharing your visions and for your participation in our unique club.
Morris Finkelstein replied:
Thank you Barbie for featuring "Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda" in your The 200 Club. Very much appreciated!
Brian Tada
Splendid patriotic image with breathtaking perspective and magnificent colors, Morris! Nominating for a Special Feature in the Camera Art Group! F/L
Pamela Williams
Bravo, your work is featured on the homepage of the aRt diStrIct! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion
Morris Finkelstein replied:
Thank you Pamela for featuring "Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda" in your Art District group. Very much appreciated!
Morris Finkelstein
Thank you Nancy for featuring "Old St. Louis Courthouse Rotunda" in your Art For Passion - Passion For Art group. Very much appreciated!
Jurgen Lorenzen
Beautiful POV in this great composition of the Old St. Louis County Courthouse rotunda, Morris!
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