Edwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884 (1884): Art, History and Details

Edwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884 (1884) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Woodbridge, a Philadelphia socialite, was a gifted amateur photographer active from 1884 through 1915. This stark seascape is an excellent early example of her photographs that stress light and atmospheric effects. The boathouse provides a sense of scale in this grand, sweeping scene dominated by a rocky beach and cloud-filled sky. Her photographs are distinguished by a successful union of factual detail and broad tonal effects.

Object facts

• Title: Edwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884
• Date: 1884
• Creator attribution: Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925)
• Culture: America
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative
• Dimensions: Image: 11.5 x 19.4 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
• Collection: Photography
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 1994.280

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.

View the collection record

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