Breaker at Dickson, Del. & Hudson Canal Co.

c. 1863-1865

Thomas H. Johnson

Associated Names
Thomas H. Johnson

Artist, American, born 1821

The image depicts an industrial setting, possibly a mining or processing operation, from a slightly elevated perspective. The view includes silhouetted trees against a pale sky, a wooden industrial building with rising smoke, rocky terrain with railway tracks, wooden structures, and debris. In the distance, there is a large wooden building, elevated tracks, and additional buildings stretching away. The photograph has a sepia-toned palette with shades of brown, gray, and soft black.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 30.5 × 40.8 cm (12 × 16 1/16 in.)
    mount: 45.4 × 55.7 cm (17 7/8 × 21 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.152.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Donald B. Merritt, Parish, New York. (sale, Estate of Walter G. Rich, Kingston, NY, 2014); (Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center printed in black ink: BREAKER AT DICKSON. / DEL. & HUD. CANAL CO.; lower right printed in gold ink: JOHNSON, Photographer, Scranton, Pa.; on verso, lower right stamped in black ink: DONALD B. MERRITT / Box 181 / PARISH, NEW YORK; lower right stamped in green ink: 06; by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: Dwi.17292.13

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