Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn.

1885

Henry Peter Bosse

Associated Names
Henry Peter Bosse

Artist, American, born Germany, 1844 - 1903

The image shows a water landscape with a high horizon, an elongated bridge, an island with dense vegetation, and a shoreline with plants and shrubs. The cyanotype style gives the image a blue tint. Closest to us is the shoreline, with the water beyond. In the distance, hills rise on the right side and fade into the sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Major A. Mackenzie, United States Army Corps of Engineers [d. 1921], Washington, DC. Mike Conner, Washington, DC, 1990; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 October 1990, no. 67). Betsy S. Aubrey and E. Steve Lichtenberg, MD, San Francisco (through the Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York), 1992; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center, in black ink: 187.; lower center: Ponton Bridge at Read's Landing, Minn. 1885.

Markings

on verso, paper manufacturer's watermark, reversed: t et cie annonay aloe's satino

Wikidata ID

Q64155085

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