Seneca Ray Stoddard
The Way it Looks from the Stern Seat

The Way it Looks from the Stern Seat

Public Domain

The Way it Looks from the Stern Seat
ArtistAmerican, 1843/44–1917
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Way it Looks from the Stern Seat
Date1880s–1890s
PlaceNew York, United States
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 4 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (11.1 × 19.1 cm)
 Sheet: 4 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (11.1 × 19.1 cm)
 Mount: 5 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (13.7 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cindi Blakely in honor of Robert T. Blakely at "One Great Night in November, 2001"
Object number2001.385
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Miscellaneous pencil marks regarding matting or framing on both sides of the mount.
Printed on the image, lower right: "60 The Way it Looks from the Stern Seat."

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