"Maid of the Mist"- Nymph of the mighty cataract Niagara Falls, USA
Underwood & Underwood
Category
Photographs
Date
1900 - 1910
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card Size 88 x 178 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520623
Summary
A albumen stereograph print depicting the "Maid of the Mist"- . Print is mounted on grey card with rounded corners and a curved profile. Recto: Bottom right is printed Copyright 1903 by by Underwood & Underwood, also bottom right is printed 5 and the title ""Maid of the Mist"- Nymph of the mighty cataract Niagara Falls, USA". Printed on left edge in italics is "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, New York, London,Toronto Canada,Ottawa- Kansas.' On the right hand edge in italics is printed "Works and Studios: Arlington NJ, Littleton NH, Washington DC, Sun Sculpture Trade Mark. Verso has the title in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Russian.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Underwood & Underwood, publisher