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Botanical Photogram

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Botanical Photogram

Unknown 19th Century

Date
1860s
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 20.8 x 13.8 cm (8 3/16 x 5 7/16 in.) mount: 36.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2006.133.129
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Unknown
  • Flower
  • botanical
  • photogenic drawing
Provenance

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

Inscription

by unknown hand, upper left on mount in graphite: June 1; upper right: 11 [encircled]; lower right: DSSL / 8627 Sold / sold *****; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: May 16; upper right: 12 [encircled]; lower left: ****

NGA object ID 136594. 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.