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J. C. Burritt — Buttermilk Creek Ithaca Cascades and 4t Fall looking down

J. C. Burritt

Buttermilk Creek Ithaca Cascades and 4t Fall looking down

1860

Employing the downward perspective favored in gorge photography, Burritt captures the layered geological formations that made Ithaca's waterways scientifically significant to 19th-century audiences.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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J. C. Burritt, Buttermilk Creek Ithaca Cascades and 4t Fall looking down, 1860

Employing the downward perspective favored in gorge photography, Burritt captures the layered geological formations that made Ithaca's waterways scientifically significant to 19th-century audiences.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1860
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Cascade, Albumen Print, American, Scenic, Landscape, Nature, Stereoscopic, Waterfall, Mountain

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