Cactus Study (showing Savage's photographic van)
Artist
Charles R. Savage
(American, born England, 1832 - 1909)
Dateca. 1875
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (9.53 × 15.88 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 7 inches (10 × 17.78 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 7 inches (10 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3720
SignedOn mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "VIEWS OF THE GREAT WEST / FROM THE / Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, / TAKEN BY / C.R. SAVAGE, Salt Lake City, Utah."
InscribedOn mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "UTAH SERIES. / Cactus Study. Desert South of St. George, / SOUTHERN UTAH."
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left, in pencil: "90.00 / Plate 72 / Era Exploration / Page 55";
On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: "WO. / CR Savage / detail of / Photographic / van / in desert / 1870"
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Blessing & Co.
ca. 1870
2005.27.223
