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Edwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884
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About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineEdwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884, 1884. Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925). Albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1994.280
