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This is a photograph of a rock formation with water on top and a glass placed on its surface. The image is presented in a stereoscopic format with two almost identical images side by side. The rock formation appears rugged and textured, with a distinctive basin-like shape at the top filled with liquid. There is a glass resting at the center of this basin. The setting seems to be an enclosed area, potentially suggesting that this is a well-known or preserved natural feature. The card surrounding the photograph is labeled with ornate typography, indicating its context as "High Rock Spring" from Saratoga Springs.
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This is a photograph of a rock formation with water on top and a glass placed on its surface. The image is presented in a stereoscopic format with two almost identical images side by side. The rock formation appears rugged and textured, with a distinctive basin-like shape at the top filled with liquid. There is a glass resting at the center of this basin. The setting seems to be an enclosed area, potentially suggesting that this is a well-known or preserved natural feature. The card surrounding the photograph is labeled with ornate typography, indicating its context as "High Rock Spring" from Saratoga Springs.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Saratoga Springs and Vicinity"

Charles Warren Woodward

Date
c. 1860
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver print
Dimensions
image (each): 7.9 × 7.46 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 7.9 × 15 cm (3 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.) mount: 8.7 × 17.6 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2012.114.5
Credit line
Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • Water
  • New York
  • landscape
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, New York; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: C. W. Woodward, Rochester, N.Y.; along right edge: Saratoga Springs and Vicinity; lower right: 1813 High Rock Spring; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite vertical: 10.40 / .50 / _____; lower right vertical: 10.40 / [0]5 / _____ / [?] _ 000

NGA object ID 159643. 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.