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Image Not Available for Looking up the San Luis Valley from near Crestone, Colorado
Looking up the San Luis Valley from near Crestone, Colorado
Image Not Available for Looking up the San Luis Valley from near Crestone, Colorado

Looking up the San Luis Valley from near Crestone, Colorado

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project
Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)
DateMarch 19, 1997
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.51.110
SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 740"
InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "Looking up the San Luis Valley / from near Crestone, Colorado / March 19, 1997 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"
MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, in pencil: "This"; On plate verso, upper right, in pencil: "3/19-12"; On plate verso, center, in pencil: "740"; On plate verso, lower left, in pencil: "Book #81"
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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Image of forest of trees with house tucked in lower right and mountains in background.
Copyright© Robert Shlaer
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