View on the Columbia, Cascades
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 52.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in.)
- Department
- Photographs
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Warner Communications Inc. Purchase Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1979
Art Genome Taxonomy
7 tags
Subject Matter
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Both · 99%
The catalog lists Rivers and Landscapes, and the image visibly presents a wooded waterway with distant mountainous terrain.
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Waterscapes Both · 98%
A broad river or lake-like waterway occupies the central and lower-right portions of the image, consistent with the cataloged subject Rivers.
Styles and Movements
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Landscape Photography Metadata · 98%
The catalog lists Landscapes as a subject and identifies the work as a photograph.
Visual Qualities
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Black and White Visual · 95%
The photograph is rendered in a restricted sepia monochrome range, without visible color differentiation.
Medium and Techniques
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Photography Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a photograph and identifies its medium as an albumen silver print from a glass negative.
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Long Distance and Deep Distance Visual · 94%
The waterway, wooded banks, atmospheric haze, and distant mountain forms create pronounced spatial recession from foreground to background.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the photograph to 1867.
Source & rights
Carleton E. Watkins. View on the Columbia, Cascades. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.