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Prairie Fire at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Image Not Available for Prairie Fire at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Prairie Fire at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project
Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)
DateSeptember 16, 1997
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.67.51.4
SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 773"
InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "Praire Fire at the Tallgrass / Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska, Oklahoma / September 16, 1997 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"
MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, in pencil: "773 / Book #8"; On plate verso, upper left, white label with red pen: "I 4"; On plate verso, upper right, in pencil: "773"; On plate verso, lower right, in pencil: "773"; On plate verso, right edge, in pencil: "9/16-3 G".
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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Image of slightly undulating landscape with clouds of smoke rising into the sky.
Copyright© Robert Shlaer
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