Title(s)

Gezicht op een gezelschap bij de Muirgletsjer
The Muir glacier, among the ice cakes (title on object)

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-903-4

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘From photograph 7807, by Partridge, Portland, Ore’

Artist

• William Henry Partridge (mentioned on object)
• Photo-Engraving Co. (mentioned on object)

Place

Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon
New York (city)

Dating

c. 1885 - in or before 1890

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 95 mm × width 165 mm

What

• glacier
• anonymous historical persons portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait

Where

• Muir Glacier

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The wonders of Alaska (RP-F-2001-7-903)