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This is a photograph of a book cover. The cover displays the title "ALBUM OF VIRGINIA" in gold embossing on a dark reddish-brown surface. Below the title, it reads "ILLUSTRATED BY ED. BEYER, 1858," in vertically stacked lines. At the bottom, it is marked "CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART." The cover features minimal wear with some scrapes and scuffs, with yellow-brown triangles on the right corners and a vertical yellow-brown stripe on the left edge.
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This is a photograph of a book cover. The cover displays the title "ALBUM OF VIRGINIA" in gold embossing on a dark reddish-brown surface. Below the title, it reads "ILLUSTRATED BY ED. BEYER, 1858," in vertically stacked lines. At the bottom, it is marked "CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART." The cover features minimal wear with some scrapes and scuffs, with yellow-brown triangles on the right corners and a vertical yellow-brown stripe on the left edge.

National Gallery of Art · Volume

Album of Virginia

Edward Beyer

Date
1857-1858
Medium
volume of forty-one color lithographs
Dimensions
overall: 45.72 × 64.14 cm (18 × 25 1/4 in.)
Classification
Volume
Accession number
2015.19.3615.1-41
Credit line
Corcoran Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Portfolio
Album of Virginia

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • lithograph
Provenance

William W. Corcoran, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1876; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

center inside cover on adhered label: Library / of the / Corcoran Gallery of Art / No. 176 / Presented by W. W. Corcoran Esq. / Sep. 13. 1876

Marks

gilt stamped on cover: Album of Virginia / Illustrated / by / Ed. Beyer / 1858. / Corcoran Gallery of Art

NGA object ID 184950. 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.