Object number1983.50
Fountain, Savannah, GA
Portfolio/Seriesplate 51 from the album Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign
Date1864-1865
Artist
George N. Barnard
(American, 1819-1902)
CultureAmerican
MediumAlbumen print from a glass negative, published 1866
DimensionsImage: 10 x 14 1/4 in. (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 19 3/4 in. (40.6 x 50.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 x 19 3/4 in. (40.6 x 50.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, E. Powis and Anne Keating Jones, class of 1943, Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn recto, printed lower center margin: Photo from nature By. G.N. Barnard. / FOUNTAIN SAVANAH, GA.; by unidentified hand, upper right margin corner in pencil: 51; lower right margin corner [circled]: 16; on verso, upper center: INV# 75248
BibliographyBarnard, George N. Photographic Views of Sherman’s Campaign: With a New Preface by Beaumont Newhall. New York: Dover Publications, 1977, p. 51 Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionBlack and white image of Forsyth Park Fountain in Savannah Georgia, a two tiered fountain topped by a female sculpture, birds and reeds in the middle, and in the basin are three visible half-men half-sea creatures holding an instrument to their mouth. The fountain is surrounded by a short decorative fence and in the background is foliage.
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George N. Barnard
1864-1865
Culture: American
