The Steamboat

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Gustave Le Gray

Title

The Steamboat

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1856

Medium

Albumen print, No. 3 from the album "Vistas del Mar"

Inscriptions

Signed recto, lower right, on image, in red pencil [?]: "Gustave Le Gray"; blind stamped recto, on album page, lower center: "PHOTOGRAPHIE / GUSTAVE LE GRAY & C / PARIS"; inscribed recto, on album page, lower right, in brown ink: "No."; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image/paper: 32.2 × 41.8 cm (12 11/16 × 16 1/2 in.); Album page: 50.8 × 64.4 cm (20 × 25 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Hugh Edwards Fund

Reference Number

1971.577.5

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