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The image shows a coastline with a rocky cliff extending into the water, leading to an old wooden structure on stilts. The horizon meets a cloudy sky above the ocean, with ships in the distance. The color scheme is sepia, and the water is blurred, contrasting with the rocky texture. Waves are visible near the shore, while ships are stationary against the sky.
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The image shows a coastline with a rocky cliff extending into the water, leading to an old wooden structure on stilts. The horizon meets a cloudy sky above the ocean, with ships in the distance. The color scheme is sepia, and the water is blurred, contrasting with the rocky texture. Waves are visible near the shore, while ships are stationary against the sky.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Acajutla

Eadweard Muybridge

Date
1877
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 13.7 x 23.5 cm (5 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 18 x 26.5 cm (7 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.) mount: 25 x 33.2 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2006.133.97
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • topographical
  • landscape
  • Dock
  • Central America
  • El Salvador
  • Pacific Ocean
Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Inscription

signed in negative: Muybridge; lower left on sheet, printed: MUYBRIDGE, Photo.; lower right on sheet, printed: San Francisco.; by unknown hand, lower left on support, in graphite: Acajutla; upper right on support, in graphite: P. 53

NGA object ID 136533. 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.