U.S. Armory in Harpers Ferry
1857
Artist, German, 1827 - 1889
Printer, German, active mid-19th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
color lithograph on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 32.07 × 47.31 cm (12 5/8 × 18 5/8 in.)
sheet: 45.09 × 63.34 cm (17 3/4 × 24 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3615.4
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William W. Corcoran, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1876; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left on stone: WR [reversed]
text on stone:
Album of Virginia. / Taken from Nature by Ed. Beyer / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed. Beyer in the Clerks Office of the District of Virginia / Rau & Son, Lith. Dresden. / U.S. Armory in Harpers Ferry. / Jefferson County Va.
Wikidata ID
Q77260819