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Image Not Available for On Blue Mesa, looking down into Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado
On Blue Mesa, looking down into Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado
Image Not Available for On Blue Mesa, looking down into Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado

On Blue Mesa, looking down into Blue Creek Canyon, Colorado

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project
Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)
DateMarch 12, 1996
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.51.59
SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 806"
InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "On Blue Mesa, looking down into / Blue Creek Canyon / March 12, 1996 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"
MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, white label with red pen: "XII 59"
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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Detail image of evergreens growing up side of snow covered canyon.
[Duplicate image #2005.27.4854]
Copyright© Robert Shlaer
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