Object number1994.16.36

Eccleston Ferry oin the River Dee, near Chester, England

Date1887

Artist James Valentine (Scottish, 1815-1880)

CultureScottish

MediumAlbumen print from glass plate negative

DimensionsSheet: 7 5/8 x 10 1/16 in. (19.37 x 25.56 cm)

Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Gift of The Charles F. Smillie Collection of Photographs presented by Mrs. Mary Smillie Throop

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedInscribed (LC, in image, inherent): ECCLESTON FERRY, CHESTER. 5645. J.V.; (ULC, on board, in ink): England - Chester; (verso, ULC, on board, in ink): On the River Dee - / near Chester - England - /1887 - ; (verso, ULC, on board, in pencil): #10; (verso, ULC, on board, with purple ink stamp): THE CHARLES F. SMILLIE / COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENTED BY / MRS. MARY SMILLIE THROOP

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