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The image shows a town from an elevated perspective. A river cuts through the landscape. An industrial structure with tracks leading to it can be seen, with smoke coming from a chimney. The town has various buildings with light-colored roofs. The color palette is earthy with browns and grays. Sunlight filters through, potentially giving a sepia tone to the scene.
National Gallery of Art · Photograph
Archbald, Del. & Hudson Canal Co.
Thomas H. Johnson
- Date
- c. 1863-1865
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 30.6 × 40.9 cm (12 1/16 × 16 1/8 in.) mount: 45.5 × 55.7 cm (17 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Photograph
- Accession number
- 2016.152.10
- Credit line
- Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CPH
Subjects and terms
- American
- albumen silver print
- Landscape
- Industry
- Train
- Railroad
- Transportation
- Canal
- Pennsylvania
- Town
- industrial
- architecture
Provenance
Donald B. Merritt, Parish, New York. (sale, Estate of Walter G. Rich, Kingston, NY, 2014); (Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2016.
Inscription
lower center printed in black ink: ARCHBALD. / DEL. & HUD. CANAL CO.; lower right printed in gold ink: JOHNSON, Photographer, Scranton, Pa.; on verso, lower right stamped in black ink: DONALD B. MERRITT / Box 181 / PARISH, NEW YORK; lower right stamped in green ink: 01; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: Dwi.17292.8
NGA object ID 207965. 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.