Albert Barnes, "Picking Slate", 1890s

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Medium

gelatin silver print (real photo postcard)

Dimensions

image: 9.8 × 14 cm (3 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)

sheet: 9.8 × 14.8 cm (3 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

Accession Number

2023.146.93

Artists / Makers

William J. Harris (artist) American, born England, 1868 - 1940

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

signed by artist, bottom right in negative: W.J. HARRIS, PITTSTON, PA.; by unknown hand, center in negative: PICKING SLATE.; by unknown hand, along right edge next to image in graphite: Albert Barnes Scranton Pa; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 18.4.EB KL076; along left edge printed in black ink: PHOTO SERIES, W J. HARRIS, PUBR., / W. PITTSON [sic], PA., AND LAKE HOPATCONG, N. J.

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.