Artist
Wesley David Archer(American, 1892–1955)American, 1892–1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Just as he left the burning plane
- from the publication Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot
Datec. 1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 9 in. (28.6 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 in. (28.6 × 22.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 5/8 × 16 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (52.3 × 42.2 × 4.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 in. (28.6 × 22.9 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Frame (outer): 20 5/8 × 16 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (52.3 × 42.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robert Cavnar, Michael F. Curran, Frank J. Hevrdejs, and Bill Porter at "One Great Night in November, 2005"
Object number2005.1078
Non exposé
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Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
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