Plate 2. Granite Canon, from the Water Tank
1869
Publisher
Artist, American, 1829 - 1902
Andrew Joseph Russell
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 22.8 × 29.8 cm (9 × 11 3/4 in.)
page size: 32.4 × 46 cm (12 3/4 × 18 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2016.155.1.2
Associated Artworks
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Plate 1. Carmichael's Cut, Granite Canon
Andrew Joseph Russell, Union Pacific Railroad
1869

The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent
Andrew Joseph Russell, Union Pacific Railroad
1869

Plate 3. Granite Rock, near Beaufort Station
Andrew Joseph Russell, Union Pacific Railroad
1869
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Stephen Loewentheil, Brooklyn, NY); NGA purchase, 2016.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2019
The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
bottom center of mount, printed in black ink: PLATE 2. / GRANITE CANON, FROM THE WATER TANK.