Rapids and Cascades, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire, 1860s

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Medium

albumen print (carte-de-visite)

Dimensions

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sheet: 7.8 × 5.7 cm (3 1/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 6.2 cm (4 × 2 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

Accession Number

2015.97.2

Artists / Makers

Charles Bierstadt (artist) American, born Prussia, 1819 - 1903

Edward Bierstadt (artist) American, born Prussia, 1824 - 1906

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center on mount printed in black ink: Rapids and Cascades, Franconia, N.H.; on verso, center printed in black ink: BIERSTADT BROTHERS, / Photographers, / China Hall, 39 Purchase St., NEW BEDFORD, / Mass.

Provenance

(James Robson, Tyngsborough, MA); (Greg French, Jamaica Plain, MA), 2008; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

French, Greg

Exhibition History

2017: East of the Mississippi, National Gallery of Art, Washington; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 2017 - 2018, no. 70.