File:Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It.jpg

Summary

Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It ( )

Photographer



Alternative names	J.W. Black
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	10 February 1825	5 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Francestown	Cambridge
Work location	English: United States
Authority file	: Q289479 VIAF: 38169833 ISNI: 0000000067059024 ULAN: 500006013 LCCN: n78012819 GND: 133575594 WorldCat

Title

Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It

Description

English: "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It," the first recorded aerial photograph. Depicts area resembling Old South Meeting House; Milk Street; India Wharf, Central Wharf; and vicinity.

Français : "Boston, telle qu'un aigle ou une oie sauvage peuvent la voire". Première photographie aérienne connue. Représente une zone qui ressemble à Old South Meeting House; Milk Street; India Wharf, Central Wharf; et leurs environs.

Depicted place

Boston

Date

13 October 1860

Medium

English: Albumen silver print from glass negative.

Français : Tirage à l'albumine à partir d'un négatif sur plaque de verre.

Dimensions

18.5 x 16.7 cm (irregularly trimmed Mount: 20.3 x 17 cm.)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Accession number

2005.100.87

Inscriptions

Inscribed in black ink (contemporary), mount recto, BC: "Balloon View of Boston"; inscribed in pencil, mount recto, BR: "Taken October 13, 1860 // By J.W. Black // [illegible]"

Notes

Provenance: : Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York, January 6, 1984

References

Rinder, Lawrence. Architecture of Life. Berkeley, Calif.: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California at Berkeley, 2016. no. 43, p. 98.

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Information Direct

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Licensing

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The author died in 1896, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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