Killing the Snake

c. 1863

John Moran

Artist, American, born England, 1831 - 1902

John Storey

Artist, American, active 1860s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Clinton and Jean Wright Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 10.4 × 7.9 cm (4 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
    mount: 16.8 × 11.1 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2022.103.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Maxwell Sommerville [1829–1904], Philadelphia. (William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by Maxwell Sommerville, lower center on mount in brown ink: With kind regards. / Truly yours / Maxwell Sommerville / July 1876--; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite: oa/o WSC-00016; upper right: photo by Moran and Story [sic] / note stereo-Moran 554; bottom right: 32

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