Columbia camping party: the "pen"
PhotographerPhotographed by
Edward B. Owen
Date1894
MediumPhotography; cyanotype on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 7/8 x 8 1/4in. (20 x 21cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Mary Phelps Morris
DescriptionA young man wearing a hat and a woman sit in a small grove of five trees. There appears to be a table between them on which the man is writing. The woman appears to be reading. Signs and a skull and crossbones that appears to be carved from wood are tacked to the trees. A field and additional trees are in the background.
Object number1985.134.467
InscribedOn verso: "Columbia 1894."; on recto, upper margin "The 'Pen'"; lower margin, "Mobefj [?]."NotesConstituent Note: Edward B. Owen is listed in the accession records as the photographer.On View
Not on view
