Distant View of the Arsenal

1855-1856

James Robertson

Artist, British, 1813 - 1888

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

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Artwork overview

Medium

albumen print
Credit Line

Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson
Dimensions

image: 21.5 × 27 cm (8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
mount: 32.5 × 40.8 cm (12 13/16 × 16 1/16 in.)
Accession

2012.137.4.2

Provenance

(Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco); Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 2001; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on mount, by unknown hand, bottom center in ink: [2?]; bottom center in ink: [Arabic inscription]; on verso, top left in graphite: JR-0026

Wikidata ID

Q64155509