Salt Lake City and Wasatch Mountains

c. 1871

Charles R. Savage

Associated Names
Charles R. Savage

Artist, American, born Britain, 1832 - 1909

The image shows a townscape with a range of snow-capped mountains in the background. In the foreground, four children are lying on the ground between two bare trees. The town with various buildings, including several church steeples, is seen further away. The mountains dominate the horizon. The image is rendered in sepia tones, with a focus on detailed natural and built elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Clinton and Jean Wright

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 18.1 × 23.2 cm (7 1/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
    mount: 23.8 × 26.6 cm (9 3/8 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.42.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Stephen T. Rose); (William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); NGA purchase, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

possibly by artist, lower center on mount in black ink: Salt Lake City and Wahsatch [sic] Mountains.

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