Along the Housatonic.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Nelson Augustus Moore
American, 1824 - 1902
Dateprobably 1853
MediumPhotography; albumen prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 x 5 3/16in. (10.2 x 13.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 5 3/16in. (10.2 x 13.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (19.7 x 24.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 x 5 3/16in. (10.2 x 13.2cm)
Mount (height x width): 7 3/4 x 9 1/2in. (19.7 x 24.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionLandscape views include fields and dirt roads lined with stone walls or rail fences. Many feature trees, including elm trees, and distant hills or mountains. Some views include lakes, streams, or rivers, sometimes with reflections in them. One view is of a small waterfall among large rocks. One photograph includes a horse and carriage; a man and a small girl are on a wooden sidewalk at the left; a house with outbuildings is in the background. Other photographs have farm buildings in the background.
Object number2004.52.325-.343
InscribedAll photographs have titles on recto of mount, at lower left, in pencil: "Housatonic" "Soo Soo in Pittsfield" "Shaker Woods in Pittsfield" "On the Housatonic River in Barrington" "Distant View of Greylock" "Near Pittsfield (Jimmy my horse)" "From Lenox" "Lake north of Pittsfield" "Near Gr. Barrington" etc.On verso:
2004.52.327 inscribed in pencil, "This trip in the fifties soon / after his marriage June 25 1853 / is described in my mothers Diary / in a Box in Kensington Stone House".
2004.52.333 has a pencil diagram of a bicycle.
2004.52.343 has a poem inscribed in red pencil.
On verso, accession number inscribed on all photographs at lower right, in pencil.
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