Darien Expedition

1871

John Moran

Artist, American, born England, 1831 - 1902

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.4 × 20.4 cm (11 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.6 × 40.7 cm (19 15/16 × 16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.48.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

lower left printed below image in black ink: DARIEN EXPEDITION; lower center: TROPICAL SCENERY / GORGE NEAR CHIPIGANA.; lower right: COMD'R SELFRIDGE COMD'G.

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