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The image features a sepia-toned view of a river scene captured from an elevated viewpoint along the riverbank's edge. The horizon is lined by trees with dense foliage. The riverbank is rocky with some shrubs and sand. The calm river reflects the trees on its banks. A train track runs parallel to the waterway, with telegraph poles alongside. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of brown and beige.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Bethlehem Island on the Lehigh
William H. Rau
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image: 43.6 × 52.1 cm (17 3/16 × 20 1/2 in.) mount: 44.7 × 54.4 cm (17 5/8 × 21 7/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2015.112.2
- Credit line
- Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
- Time span
- 1876 to 1900
- Department
- CPH
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Property of the Lehigh Valley Central R.R. Co.
Subjects and terms
- American
- albumen silver print
- Trees
- Railroad
- Pennsylvania
- landscape
Provenance
Lehigh Valley Railroad, Bethlehem, PA; David J. Stone, Lansford, PA [d. 2013]; (sale, Houser Auctioneers, 22 February 2014, Schnecksville, PA); David B. Long, Yardley, PA; NGA purchase, 2015.
Inscription
bottom left, in typeset lettering printed through negative: 528 BETHLEHEM ISLAND ON THE LEHIGH. L.V.R.R.; bottom right: WILLIAM H. RAU, PHILA.
NGA object ID 198749. 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.