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The Chaumont Viaduct

Original Language TitleLe Viaduct de Chaumont
Artist Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813 - 1889)
Dateca. 1856
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 11/16 × 16 5/8 inches (27.15 × 42.23 cm)
Mount: 18 13/16 × 23 3/8 inches (47.78 × 59.37 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2006.30.3
SignedOn mount recto, lower right, in blue ink: "E. Baldus"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "V1453"; On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "910900".
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DescriptionThe image is of a large viaduct spanning a valley. The viaduct is covered with scaffolding and has vehicles (possibly construction related) being driven along the top.
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