Hangbrug over de Niagarawatervallen, gezien vanaf de Verenigde Staten, William England (attributed to), 1859

Title(s)

Hangbrug over de Niagarawatervallen, gezien vanaf de Verenigde Staten
The Niagara Suspension Bridge, U.S. Sectional View (title on object)
United States of America (series title on object)

Object type

• stereograph

Object number

RP-F-F11043

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘No. 142.’
• ‘The Niagara Suspension (...) provinces of Canada.’
• inscription: ‘H. Gernsheim: The History of Photography plaat 143: Foto William England 1859 (Plaat 143 is iets verschillende opname zelfde onderwerp)’

Artist

• William England (attributed to)
• publisher: London Stereoscopic Company (mentioned on object)

Place

Niagara Falls
publisher: London

Dating

1859

Material

• cardboard
• paper

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 83 mm × width 173 mm

What

• suspension bridge
• ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon (+ landscape with figures, staffage)

Where

• Niagara Falls
• Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain

• The history of photography : from the camera obscura to the beginning of the modern era, Alison Gernsheim, Helmut Gernsheim