Niagara - The Horse-Shoe Fall (Instantaneous)
Artist
John P. Soule
(American, 1827-1904)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1866
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (8.3 x 17.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (8.3 x 17.1 cm)
InscribedLeft side: "American views". Right side: "John P. Soule--Boston. 199 Washington Street." Lower right (inside image): "1010". Title below image.
PortfolioNo. 1010
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number91.92.52A
On View
Not on viewLabel Textleft John P. Soule American 1827–1904 Niagara—The Horse-Shoe Fall (Instantaneous), ca. 1866 Albumen print (photograph) Museum purchase 91.92.52A right Underwood & Underwood Climbing the Great Ice Mountain, Below the American Falls, Niagara Falls, U.S.A., ca. 1901 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Gift of Robert W. Lisle, M.D. 91.99.50 Stereocards offered would-be tourists an exciting way to experience the natural world from back home. When viewed through a steroviewer, the dual-image prints give the illusion of three-dimensional depth, making rocky cliffs and crashing falls appear all the more lifelike. Relatively easy to produce and inexpensive, these photographs circulated widely, profiting photographers while meeting the high demand for novel visions of the land. Exhibition History"Photography Remembered: A Selective View from the Robert W. Lisle Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., October 19, 1990 - January 13, 1991. (These stereographs were in the Beckers Table-Top Stereo Viewer, which is illustrated in color on p. 45 of the exhibition catalog.) "New Light on Land: Photographs from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 28 - May 15, 2016.Published ReferencesPHOTOGRAPHY REMEMBERED: A SELECTIVE VIEW FROM THE ROBERT W. LISLE COLLECTION (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1990), pp. 42, 45; color ill., p. 45.
