SE Birds eye view, Clark & Sumner, Standard Petroleum Refinery, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

c. 1865

Thomas H. Johnson

Associated Names
Thomas H. Johnson

Artist, American, born 1821

The image shows a series of industrial buildings with red-brick exteriors and flat roofs arranged in the distance. The horizon features a range of hills or low mountains beyond the structures. In the background, four smokestacks are visible. The image has a sepia tone and soft, blurred edges, typical of early photographic processes. The color palette is neutral and muted, mainly beige, brown, and grey, emphasizing form over vibrant colors in the industrial setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen silver prints

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet (each): 7.7 × 7.9 cm (3 1/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
    mount: 8.1 × 17 cm (3 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.93.9

  • Series Title

    Johnson’s Photographic Views in The Oil Regions of Pennsylvania

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Richard Healey, Hants, UK; NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in black ink: Standard Petroleum Refinery.; center printed in black ink: JOHNSON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS / IN / THE OIL REGIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. / No. [by unknown hand in black ink: 1324 S.E. Birds eye view] / Published by T.H. JOHNSON, 390 Bowery, New York / [BAILEY, PRINTER.]; by unknown hand, lower center in black ink: Clark & Sumner. / Pittsburgh, Pa.

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