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The image portrays a natural landscape with a river flowing over rocks. Dense foliage and a stone wall line the riverbanks. A person sits on a big rock near the water. The photograph uses a long exposure technique, creating a smooth appearance on the flowing water. The color scheme is composed mainly of sepia tones, creating a timeless and serene mood.
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The image portrays a natural landscape with a river flowing over rocks. Dense foliage and a stone wall line the riverbanks. A person sits on a big rock near the water. The photograph uses a long exposure technique, creating a smooth appearance on the flowing water. The color scheme is composed mainly of sepia tones, creating a timeless and serene mood.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Arlington Mills

Andrew Joseph Russell

Date
1863
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 22.9 × 31.9 cm (9 × 12 9/16 in.) mount: 35.6 × 44.2 cm (14 × 17 3/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2022.103.5
Credit line
Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • River
  • Nature
  • Mill
  • Virginia
  • landscape
Provenance

(William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); NGA purchase, 2022.

Inscription

by unknown hand, bottom left of negative: 20; bottom right on mount in graphite: Arlington Mills / [Loudoun Line?] / [May?] 63; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: 14255-2

NGA object ID 224899. 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.