View of Ghent and the Botetourt Street Bridge
Artist
Harry Cowles Mann
(American, 1866 - 1926)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1912
MediumGelatin silver print on texturized paper
Dimensions7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
InscribedInscription on obverse, in negative: "c H C MANN". Inscription on reverse in pencil: "Ghent Bridge 1912".
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.867
Not on view
DescriptionGelatin silver print on texturized paper, depicting Norfolk, VA, from the Botetourt Bridge, looking toward Ghent. Glue marks on back.Label TextView of Ghent and the Botetourt Street Bridge, ca. 1912 Gelatin silver print (photograph) on texturized paper Mann took this photograph looking north across Ghent from the roof of the eight-story Botetourt Hotel, which was completed in 1907 and houses apartments today. The bridge crosses The Hague in front of the Chrysler Museum of Art. It is now a popular pedestrian route from Ghent to the Tide subway station. Museum collection 0.867 Exhibition History"Harry C. Mann: Norfolk Photographer," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, April 2, 2016 - April 2, 2017.
