Rope Ferry On Shenandoah River, Near Front Royal, Virginia
Artist
S. Fisher Corlies
(1830-1888)
CultureAmerican
DateJune 1881
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 1/8 × 8 3/8 in. (15.6 × 21.3 cm)
Overall, Support: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedOn reverse: Photographed June 1881 on Keystone Gelatin Dry Plate, w/6" Harrison Globe Lens F/30 3 seconds exposure.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number85.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen print of five men, a young boy, and three horses preparing to cross the Shenandoah River on a rope ferry. The sky, dividing the print and dominating the upper half of the image, appears very open and cloudless. There is a railroad bridge in the background, on the right, and trees on the left.Exhibition History"History of Photography," Chrysler Museum of Art, Alice and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, February 6--May 31, 1998. Published References"Editor's Table," _The Philadelphia Photographer_ (3/1883): 95.
Arthur Rothstein
October 1935
