Phosphate Mining in South Carolina

c. 1867

American 19th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 29 × 36.5 cm (11 7/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 29 × 38.8 cm (11 7/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.114.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection; (Luxury Catalogues Inc., Stevenson, MD), before 2013; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: Phosphate digging at the Wando Works / on Ashley river 7 miles from Charleston

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