The Rapids, Below the Suspension Bridge
Object Details
- Artist
- Charles Bierstadt, born Solingen, Germany 1819-died Niagara Falls, NY 1903
- Exhibition Label
- The Niagara suspension bridge spans more than eight hundred feet above one of the wildest parts of the Niagara River. Charles Bierstadt contrasted the solid, stable bridge with the wild chaos of the unruly river. Photographed at river level, the waters seem particularly threatening, adding energy to the scene. In order to create a single balanced image, Bierstadt probably used several negatives: one for the river, another for the bridge, and a third for the dramatic, billowing clouds.
- A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- ca. 1870
- Object number
- 1994.91.25
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photography-Photoprint
- Medium
- albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- sheet and image: 7 x 9 1/4 in. (17.8 x 23.5 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\bridge
- Landscape\waterfall\Niagara Falls
- Record ID
- saam_1994.91.25
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk790b1a0c8-ab6e-4765-9f6e-1bd47e538cc5
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