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The image shows an aerial view of a landscape with a trench-like excavation extending into the distance. Buildings with dark, sloping roofs are aligned parallel to the trench on the left side. A tall mast with a ladder is next to the nearest building. On the right, a larger two-story structure with a covered porch supported by wooden posts is visible. Several people are present in the scene, standing near the buildings or sitting by the trench. The ground is barren, with scattered logs and rocks. The color palette is monochromatic with sepia tones.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Acajutla
Eadweard Muybridge
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image: 13.7 x 24 cm (5 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.) overall: 24.9 x 33.3 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2004.163.6
- Credit line
- Gift of Mitchell and Nancy Steir
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- American
- albumen silver print
- topographical
- landscape
- Village
Provenance
(Janet Lehr, New York); Private Collection; (Solomon Fine Art, Monarch Beach, California); Mitchell and Nancy Steir, New York; gift to NGA, 2004.
Inscription
signed in negative: Muybridge; On mount, lower left, printed: Muybridge, Photo.; lower right, printed: San Francisco.; lower left in graphite: Acajutla; upper right in graphite: P.52
NGA object ID 131740. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.