Camp Tye, Virginia

July 24, 1886

Robert S. Redfield

Associated Names
Robert S. Redfield

Artist, American, 1849 - 1923

The image displays an elevated outdoor camping scene with a group of men. There is a cooking area with a fire and cooking equipment. Two men are at the campsite, one possibly tending to the fire and the other next to a stick structure. There is a canvas tent with camping gear and a cot. The camp is surrounded by vegetation and trees. The image is in sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 15.5 × 20.7 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
    mount: 28 × 35.9 cm (11 × 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.122

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Estate of Robert S. Redfield; (Janet Lehr Fine Arts Gallery, New York); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 15 July 1993; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left embossed: R.S. REDFIELD; by unknown hand, bottom left on mount in graphite: 812?; possibly by artist, bottom left on mount in black ink underlined: Virginia-July 24th 1886; bottom right underlined: "Camp Tye"; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 044926; bottom right: PW 7093

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