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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2002.16
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Electric Chair, State Prison, Auburn, N.Y.
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1910s
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, Auburn
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165520

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
image: 8.9 x 13.3 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
sheet: 8.8 x 13.9 cm (3 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, top center, black ink: [postmark stamp with date of December 19, 1916]
  • inscription: verso, black ink: [note from Frances Rochester addressed to Wilbur Chamberlain, Middletown, NY]
  • inscription: recto, bottom center, black ink, printed: ELECTRIC CHAIR STATE PRISON. AUBURN. N Y

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund for Photographs
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
P2002.16
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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