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The image depicts a view from the shoreline looking parallel to the coast towards a small town. The horizon aligns with the distant hills that rise gently on the left and more steeply on the right. The photograph is a monochromatic cyanotype print with a color palette of varying shades of blue. Debris can be seen scattered along the sandy shore, possibly fallen trees or driftwood. In the distance, a quaint town stretches along the water's edge with small structures nestled against the base of the hills.
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The image depicts a view from the shoreline looking parallel to the coast towards a small town. The horizon aligns with the distant hills that rise gently on the left and more steeply on the right. The photograph is a monochromatic cyanotype print with a color palette of varying shades of blue. Debris can be seen scattered along the sandy shore, possibly fallen trees or driftwood. In the distance, a quaint town stretches along the water's edge with small structures nestled against the base of the hills.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Alma, Wis.

Henry Peter Bosse

Date
1889
Medium
cyanotype
Dimensions
image: 26.6 × 34.1 cm (10 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.) sheet: 36.6 × 43.6 cm (14 7/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2012.138.8
Credit line
Gift of Betsy S. Aubrey and E. Steve Lichtenberg, MD
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • cyanotype
  • Mississippi River
  • Wisconsin
  • landscape
Provenance

Major A. Mackenzie, United States Army Corps of Engineers [d. 1921], Washington, DC. Mike Conner, Washington, DC, 1990; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1990, no. 67). Betsy S. Aubrey and E. Steve Lichtenberg, MD, San Francisco (through the Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York), 1992; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

upper center, in black ink: 75b.; lower center: Alma, Wis. 1889.

NGA object ID 160661. 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.