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Yellow Cat Flat, with the Devil's Garden of Arches National Park in the distance, Colorado

Series TitleFrémont-Carvalho Project

Artist Robert Shlaer (American, born 1943)

DateMarch 31, 1998

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2015.67.51.84

SignedSignature engraved on plate verso: "© R. Shlaer 827"

InscribedEngraved on plate verso: "Yellow Cat Flat, with the Devil's / Garden of arches National Park / in the Distance / March 31, 1998 / Frémont-Carvalho Project"

MarkingsOn plate verso, upper left, white label with red type: "XVII 84"; On plate verso, lower right, in pencil: "0826"; On plate verso, lower left, in pencil: "827"; On plate verso, left edge, in pencil: "3/31-3G"

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DescriptionQuarter plate uncased daguerreotype. Image of large rock formation sitting among mostly flat landscape filled with tufts of grass.

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