Porter, William Southgate
American (1822-1889)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Fairmount waterworks

1848
daguerreotype
36.7 x 99.8 cm., (8 whole plates assembled in original mount)
Gift of 3M Company: ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
GEH NEG: 25126
77:0503:0001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 43.//
Frizot, Michel. --A New History of Photography.-- Cologne: Könemann, 1998. p. 47.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 74-75.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"W.S. Porter", US, OH, Cincinnati, Mr. Landy's (gallery/studio), Summer 1887.//
"An American Century of Photography, 1840-1940: Sel. from Sipley/3M Col", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, May 5 - October 1, 1978. (Traveled).//
"Acquisitions 1973-1980", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 12 - September 20, 1981.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Masterpieces of the Art of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - North Gallery, January 3 - December 31, 1989.//
"American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//
"Expanded Vision: The Panoramic Photograph", US, MA, Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art, January 17 - April 5, 1998.//
"Inside Out: 50 Years of Collecting", US, NY, Rochester April 24, 1999 - March 12, 2000.//

INSCRIPTION: mount-recto-(printed in gold) Fair Mount. Daguerreotyped by W.S. Porter. Philadelphia, May 22d 1848. (below top image) Point from which this view was taken."

NOTES: Catalogued 4/85, RAS/KC, updated 7/89, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
landscape, river / Schuylkill River
landscape, park / Fairmount Park
architecture, pump station / Fairmount Waterworks