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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2.2002.481
People
Adolphe Braun, French (Besancon, France 1812 - 1877 Dornach, France)
Title
Aletsch Glacier from the Eggishorn Summit
Other Titles
Former Title: Untitled (Swiss Alps)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1870
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Switzerland
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/159969

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.1 x 47 cm (8 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
mount: 36 x 59.8 cm (14 3/16 x 23 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of mount, center, in graphite: 12 [underlined]
  • inscription: verso of mount, u.l. corner, graphite, inverted: 165 [over] 4 [over] 660

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
2.2002.481
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Fifty Photographs, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, 07/06/2016 - 09/24/2016

Verification Level

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