Harbor of Nagasaki
Attributed to
Charles L. Weed
(American, 1824 - 1903)
Date1867
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 15 9/16 × 20 3/8 inches (39.53 × 51.75 cm)
Mount: 19 7/16 × 24 3/8 inches (49.37 × 61.91 cm)
Mount: 19 7/16 × 24 3/8 inches (49.37 × 61.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2008.41.26
SignedPrinted on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "ORIENTAL SCENERY / Published by Thomas Houseworth & Co. / 317 & 319 / MONTGOMERY STREET, / SAN FRANCISCO. / AWARDED THE / PRIZE MEDAL / AT THE / PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1867, / FOR THE / Finest Photographs of Scenery on the Pacific Coast. / CATALOGUES FREE.";
Printed on mount recto, lower left, in black ink: "Thomas Houseworth & Co., Publishers,";
Printed on mount recto, lower right, in black ink: "317-319 Montgomery St., San Francisco.".
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black pen: "Harbor of Nagasaki / 3"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "El. 78.221";
On mount recto, left margin, in pencil: "3 7/8 + 1/16".
On View
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DescriptionImage of a harbor filled with ships, taken from the top of a hill; houses and trees in the foreground, distant view of hillside across the harbor in the background.Exhibition HistoryRotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
An early photographer of Yosemite and California, Charles Weed responded to the burgeoning market for international photographs by traveling and photographing in Asia. He made his first trip to China in 1860 and established a studio in Hong Kong. For the next few years, Weed traveled between California, Hawaii, and Asia, and produced views of China and Japan. In this image, Weed pictures the Japanese city of Nagasaki, a free port first opened to foreign trade in 1859.
Collection of Van Deren Coke; Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York, 1989; The Quillan Company, 1989; Sotheby's New York auction - April 7, 2008, The Quillan Collection of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Photographs - Sale #N08425, Lot #0056
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Charles L. Weed
ca. 1864
2005.27.244
