First Cataract Of The Nile
Artist
Antonio Beato
(British (of Italian origin), ca. 1830 - 1903)
CultureItalian | English
Date1870s
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 10 1/4 × 15 in. (26 × 38.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 17 × 21 in. (43.2 × 53.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 18 × 21 7/8 in. (45.7 × 55.6 cm)
Overall, Support: 17 × 21 in. (43.2 × 53.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 18 × 21 7/8 in. (45.7 × 55.6 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right in white: A. Beato
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs
Object number2001.31.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an albumen print from a wet collodion negative on its original mount. It depicts the Nile River rushing over a steep drop with rocky landscape on both sides. A prominant feature, the signature is in the lower right in white.ProvenanceDr. and Mrs. Charles Isaacs, Pennsylvania; Gift to Chrysler Museum of Art, 2001.
