Cliff View, Summit of Alleghenies

c. 1895

William H. Rau

Artist, American, 1855 - 1920

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 43.9 × 52 cm (17 5/16 × 20 1/2 in.)
    mount: 50 × 59 cm (19 11/16 × 23 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2014.29.1.28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Houser Auctions, Schnecksville, PA, 2 February 2014); (Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA); NGA purchase, 2014.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • East of the Mississippi, National Gallery of Art, Washington; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 2017 - 2018, no. 140.

Inscriptions

bottom left, in typeset lettering printed through negative: 632 CLIFF VIEW, SUMMIT OF ALLEGHENIES. L.V.R.R.; bottom right: WILLIAM H. RAU, PHILA.

Wikidata ID

Q64170706

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