Castle on a Hill in France
PhotographerPhotographed by
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
American, 1868 - 1936
Date1905-1915
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver emulsion on plastic
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 13/16in. (9.5 × 12.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 13/16in. (9.5 × 12.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 3 3/4 × 4 13/16in. (9.5 × 12.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Byard Williams
DescriptionView of a castle-like structure with large walls and turrets that sits encircling the top of a hill. Below the walls there is a row of small buildings, built around the curve of the hill. Below that, in the foregroud of the image, there appears to be a walkway with walls on either side of it. There are two doors in the inside wall.
Object number1988.133.628
InscribedHandwritten on envelope: "From envelope marked / The Rhone / Avingnon / Tarascon / Beaucaire / Nimes / Carcasson / Gorge d'Saint George / Arles / Marseilles"NotesAccording to cataloging worksheet in object file, this picture was taken in France during the vacation of Horace Bushnell Cheney (1868-1936) and his wife, Mary Pierson Cheney (1874-1949).On View
Not on view
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
before 1898
