Untitled
Artist
Ed Beyer
(American)
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 3 11/16 × 9 1/8 in. (9.4 × 23.2 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (11.4 × 23.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 4 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (11.4 × 23.8 cm)
InscribedInscription on obverse, at bottom of the print: "Taken from Nature by Ed Beyer" and "Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed Beyer in the Clerks office of the District of Virginia" and "Lit.Anst.v.W.Loeillot in Berlin". In pencil at the bottom of photograph, IN the photo, not on it: "Hygeia Hotel" and "Old Point Comfort". Inscriptions on reverse, in pencil: "178b (?) at Old Point VA"; "Burned about 1850" and "Old Point, VA".
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number0.898
Not on view
Alexander Gardner
1867-1868