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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.2945
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
A Recent Glacier, Great Falls of the Potomac River, 16 miles Northwest of Washington, D.C.
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1864
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, Maryland
Culture
American?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/156379

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 28.8 x 38.7 cm (11 5/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
mount: 37.9 x 50.3 cm (14 15/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto of mount, b.l. corner, in graphite: Prof Louis Agassiz
    with compliments of
    [unclear - Brfrn McMugs?]
    [illegible] from U.S.A.
  • inscription: recto of mount, b.r. corner, in graphite: A recent glacier
    Great Falls of the Potomac River
    16 miles N.W. of Washington City DC
    26 February 1864

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.2945
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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