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Image Not Available for Indian pictographs in Black Dragon Wash, Utah
Indian pictographs in Black Dragon Wash, Utah
Image Not Available for Indian pictographs in Black Dragon Wash, Utah

Indian pictographs in Black Dragon Wash, Utah

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project
Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)
DateMay 13, 1998
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.51.89
SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 844"
InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "Indian Pictographs in / Black Dragon Wash / May 13, 1998 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"
MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, white label with red pen: "XVIII 89"; On plate verso, upper left, in pencil: "3024 / 4/24"
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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Image of pictographs; simple pictoral reprentations of landscape with crops and sun painted on canyon wall.
Copyright© Robert Shlaer
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