On the James River

Attributed to Egbert Guy Fowx (American, 1821 - ca. 1891)

Dateca. 1862

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 4 15/16 × 8 1/8 inches (12.54 × 20.64 cm)
Mount: 9 9/16 × 11 15/16 inches (24.29 × 30.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.466

Signednone

InscribedInscribed on back of mount: "F178 / James River / Harvey N.C. / 9/14/61."

MarkingsOn mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "#M953"

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DescriptionImage of a sail boat docked beside smaller boats with trees and houses in the distant background.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.

Gallery Label

Egbert Guy Fowx worked in Baltimore before he joined Mathew Brady’s team of photographers during the Civil War (1861–1865). Relatively little is known about Fowx’s background or artistic ideas. However, the minimal yet balanced composition in this photograph reveals his refined eye.

Provenance

Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1996;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

Published References

Keith F. Davis, The Origins of American Photography: from Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885. With contributions by Jane L. Aspinwall. Kansas City, MO: Hall Family Foundation: in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2007. Distributed by Yale University Press. Published in conjunction with Developing Greatness: the Origins of American Photography, 1839-1885, shown at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 182 (repro).

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