"Saratoga Springs and Vicinity"

c. 1860

Charles Warren Woodward

Associated Names
Charles Warren Woodward

Artist, American, 1836 - 1894

This is a photograph of a rock formation with water on top and a glass placed on its surface. The image is presented in a stereoscopic format with two almost identical images side by side. The rock formation appears rugged and textured, with a distinctive basin-like shape at the top filled with liquid. There is a glass resting at the center of this basin. The setting seems to be an enclosed area, potentially suggesting that this is a well-known or preserved natural feature. The card surrounding the photograph is labeled with ornate typography, indicating its context as "High Rock Spring" from Saratoga Springs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

  • Dimensions

    image (each): 7.9 × 7.46 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 7.9 × 15 cm (3 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.)
    mount: 8.7 × 17.6 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.114.5


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, New York; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: C. W. Woodward, Rochester, N.Y.; along right edge: Saratoga Springs and Vicinity; lower right: 1813 High Rock Spring; on verso, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite vertical: 10.40 / .50 / _____; lower right vertical: 10.40 / [0]5 / _____ / [?] _ 000

Wikidata ID

Q64145817

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