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Untitled
J. F. Ryder1862
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Like other prominent photographers of the 1800s, Ryder, a Clevelander, undertook commissioned works from the expanding railroad industry to document the safety and convenience of railway travel, as well as to endorse resettlement on company-owned land and reassure investors. The serpentine track in this charming image winds its way through a dense forest, leading the viewer’s imagination to unexpected adventures.
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- Title: Untitled
- Creator: James Fitzallen Ryder (American, 1826-1904), Atlantic and Great Western Railway
- Date Created: 1862
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 18.8 x 23.7 cm (7 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
- Provenance: (William L. Schaeffer Photographic Works of Art, Chester, CT), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.238
- Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Series: Atlantic and Great Western Railway
- Inscriptions: Written in pencil on recto: "31"; in pencil on verso: "31"; "2500-"
- Department: Photography
- Culture: America; America, 19th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: PH - American 19th Century
- Accession Number: 1996.238
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