Underwood & Underwood Photographer Making Views from Metropolitan Tower
Artist
Horace D. Ashton
(American, 1883 - 1976)
Date1911
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 1/4 x 3 5/8 inches (10.8 x 9.21 cm)
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 inches (12.38 x 9.21 cm)
Mount (original): 5 3/4 x 4 1/16 inches (14.61 x 10.32 cm)
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 inches (12.38 x 9.21 cm)
Mount (original): 5 3/4 x 4 1/16 inches (14.61 x 10.32 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3874
InscribedTitled and Numbered on front of mount, bottom edge, in black pen "114057 / U&U photographer making views from Metropolitan tower";
On front of mount, bottom center, in red pencil "OK";
On negative, in print (white), bottom center "114057".
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Terms
Vintage gelatin silver print on fragment of original album/paper mount.Gallery Label
Horace Ashton was a pioneering American photojournalist. This image is probably a self-portrait and portrays the photographer as an adventurous and privileged observer of the spectacle of modern life. True to the photograph, Ashton did record many of the transformations in the world around him. He captured the first public flights by the Wright Brothers, the throngs of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, and the rising skyscrapers of New York City.
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