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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Dismal Swamp, North Carolina
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Dismal Swamp, North Carolina

Artist Régis François Gignoux (French, 1816-1882)
Artist James Duthie (American)
Publisher W. Pate & co.
CultureAmerican | French
Date1850-1869
MediumSteel engraving on paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 13/16 x 12 7/8 in. (22.4 x 32.7 cm)
Overall: 12 7/8 x 16 3/16 in. (32.7 x 41.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 x 18 in. (40.6 x 45.7 cm)
Inscribed"Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1869 by W. Pate & Co. in the southern district of N.Y."
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Object number48.28.1
Not on view
DescriptionA steel engraving from a painting by Regis Gignoux in possession of the publishers. Plate done 1850-1855. Print in 1869. Scene shows a man in a small canoe, paddling in open water surrounded by live & dead trees having moss.

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