Boston,_as_the_Eagle_and_the_Wild_Goose_See_It.jpg
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Summary
Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Photographer |
creator QS:P170,Q289479
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Title |
Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It
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Description |
English:
"Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It," the first recorded aerial photograph. Depicts area resembling Old South Meeting House; Milk Street; India Wharf, Central Wharf; and vicinity.
Français :
"Boston, telle qu'un aigle ou une oie sauvage peuvent la voire". Première photographie aérienne connue. Représente une zone qui ressemble à Old South Meeting House; Milk Street; India Wharf, Central Wharf; et leurs environs.
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Depicted place | Boston | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
13 October 1860
date QS:P571,+1860-10-13T00:00:00Z/11
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Medium |
English:
Albumen silver print from glass negative.
Français :
Tirage à l'albumine à partir d'un négatif sur plaque de verre.
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Dimensions | 18.5 x 16.7 cm (irregularly trimmed Mount: 20.3 x 17 cm.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Accession number |
2005.100.87
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Inscriptions | Inscribed in black ink (contemporary), mount recto, BC: "Balloon View of Boston"; inscribed in pencil, mount recto, BR: "Taken October 13, 1860 // By J.W. Black // [illegible]" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Provenance: : Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York, January 6, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | Rinder, Lawrence. Architecture of Life. Berkeley, Calif.: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California at Berkeley, 2016. no. 43, p. 98. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Information Direct | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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20:58, 22 February 2012 | 2,845 × 3,354 (1,969,003 bytes) | w:en:Da5nsy ( talk | contribs ) | (From the Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/190036381 First recorded aerial photograph, by James Wallace Black, 1860) |