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William H. Rau — Hemlock Forest, Lehigh Valley Railroad
William H. Rau

Hemlock Forest, Lehigh Valley Railroad

1895

Capturing the atmospheric effects of light filtering through dense woodland, this photograph exemplifies late 19th-century efforts to elevate landscape photography to fine art status.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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William H. Rau, Hemlock Forest, Lehigh Valley Railroad, 1895

Capturing the atmospheric effects of light filtering through dense woodland, this photograph exemplifies late 19th-century efforts to elevate landscape photography to fine art status.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1895
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Victorian, Albumen Print, Forest, Documentary, Transportation, American, Photograph, Landscape, 1890s, Nature

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago