Levee at Rapids City, Illinois, 1891

Not on View

portfolio Title

Views on the Mississippi River

Medium

cyanotype

Dimensions

image: 10 5/16 x 13 in. (26.2 x 33 cm)

sheet: 36.7 x 43.7 cm (14 7/16 x 17 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2006.133.35

Artists / Makers

Henry Peter Bosse (artist) American, born Germany, 1844 - 1903

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

printed, lower center on support: Levee at Rapids City, Ill. / Rock Island Rapids, L. W. 1891.; upper center on support: 112.; on verso, by unknown hand, across bottom in graphite: 1416 / H. Bossee "Levee at Rapids City, Ill." 1891 From "Views on the Mississippi River" [?] Major D. Mackenzie 01416

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

Bibliography

2001: Neuzil, Mark, Views on the Mississippi: The Photographs of Henry Peter Bosse. Minneapolis, 2001.