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Untitled: (elephants moving blocks of wood, recto); (procession or crowd, verso)

1870s-1880s

England, 19th century

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Medium
Album page with two albumen prints mounted on both sides
Measurements
Mounted: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nina Rosenblum and Lisa Rosenblum 2022.422
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Not on view
Print
Two vertically mounted albumen prints depict people with medium-dark skin tones. The upper photograph features two mahouts on elephants moving timber; the foreground elephant balances a large beam with its trunk. In the lower scene, a dense crowd gathers in an urban street, many holding umbrellas. Behind them, a tiered pagoda and buildings rise against a pale sky. The wide-angle compositions emphasize the scale of both industrial labor and public assembly.

Untitled: (elephants moving blocks of wood, recto); (procession or crowd, verso)

1870s-1880s

England, 19th century

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