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Charles Paxson, 1864

The image shows four individuals positioned together. An adult male is seated on a chair holding an open book. He has short, dark hair and is dressed in a light-colored jacket, dark shirt, and trousers. Three… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Charles Paxson ¹
Date: 1864 ¹
Medium: albumen silver print (carte-de-visite) ¹
Original: 6,191 × 10,410 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Thomas Harris in memory of Shirlee A. Harris

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

Rivista 'Il calcio illustrato', II, n. 21, 25 maggio 1932, p. 11

Rivista 'Lo sport illustrato e la guerra', anno III, n. 17, 30 settembre 1915, p. 449-450

The image shows a cold, icy landscape with floating ice chunks on still water. Larger ice formations extend towards dark, jagged mountains that meet an overcast sky. The color palette is primarily muted browns and grays.

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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