Locomotive

Artist George G. Rockwood (American, 1832 - 1911)

Dateca. 1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 × 15 15/16 inches (30.48 × 40.48 cm)
Mount: 16 3/16 × 20 1/8 inches (41.12 × 51.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.501

SignedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "G.G. Rockwood, Phot. 839 Broadway, N.Y."

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom center, in black type: " [? title torn/obscured / JAMES [?] / JERSEY CITY LOCOMOTIVE WORKS."

MarkingsOn mount recto, upper left corner, in pencil: "12"; On mount recto, upper left corner, in black pen: "#55"; On mount recto, lower left, in pencil: "1865"; On mount recto, bottom center, in black pen: "No. 12"; On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "Civil War Period 325"

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DescriptionImage of a train on a track which extends diagonally to the lower left corner. A brick building is on the left and a detached train car is in the background.

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