Albright, R.K.

TITLE ON OBJECT: Decending Vesuvius

ca. 1888
albumen print
6.7 cm. (diameter)
Gift of Mrs. Raymond Albright
GEH NEG: 13341
74:0250:0048

OLD GEH NUMBER: 4322
NON-GEH NUMBER: 57

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//
Hirsch, Robert. --Seizing the Light: A History of Photography.-- New York: McGraw Hill, 1999. p. 173.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 345.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Rochester: An American Center of Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Second Floor Galleries, April 27 - November 30, 1984.//
"Press the Button: We do the Rest", Switzerland, Lausanne, Musee de l'Elysee, August 16 - October 3, 1988.//
"American Photography: 1839-1900", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 29, 1989 - January 7, 1990.//
"Inside Out: 50 Years of Collecting", US, NY, Rochester April 24, 1999 - March 12, 2000.//

INSCRIPTION: verso-(in ink) "57" "Descending Vesuvius." (printed) "This photograph was made with the Kodak Camera, manufactured by The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co., Rochester, N.Y." "Branch Office: 115 Oxford Street, London."

NOTES: Cataloged 12/83, JP, updated 6/88, DZ.

SUBJECTS:
landscape, volcano / Mount Vesuvius
landscape, figures in