Harold E. Edgerton
Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds

© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Hummingbirds
Date1936
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 9/16 × 7 5/8 in. (24.3 × 19.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation
Object number96.871
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceHarold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, Boston; given to MFAH, 1996.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In ink, verso: "02139 USA". In pencil, verso: "1936". In ink, verso: "DO NOT KEEP Please Return to", with an arrow.
There is the artist's stamp in black ink, verso: "Dr. H.E. Edgerton M.I.T. 4-405 Cambridge, Mass.". Stamp in black ink: "copyright 1936 Estate of Harold E. Edgerton 11070".

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