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Image Not Available for Elm Tree at the Foot of Canton Street
Elm Tree at the Foot of Canton Street
Image Not Available for Elm Tree at the Foot of Canton Street

Elm Tree at the Foot of Canton Street

Date1886
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 1/2 x 19 3/4in. (41.9 x 50.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 1/2 x 19 3/4in. (41.9 x 50.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionA large elm tree is at the edge of a grassy field or meadow. A building with a stone foundation, probably a barn, is at the left. A barbed wire fence is at the right. Additional trees are in the background.
Object number1939.16.12
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in black ink, "539"; lower right, in pencil, accession numberNotesSubject Note: 1939.16.23 is another view of the same tree. Both photographs were presumably taken at the same time. (Finlay 9/12/2011)
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