COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.2002.50
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CMA_.2002.50
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2003
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2003
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Photographs
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Photographs
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Rau, William H.
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Rau, William H.
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
American
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American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1855 - 1920
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1855 - 1920
Creator Dates/Places
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Biography:
William H. Rau American, 1855-1920William Herman Rau was a Philadelphian with close ties to that city's photographic activities. The son of photographer George Rau, William married Louise Bell, daughter of photographer William Bell. He had worked for Bell until purchasing his father-in-law's company in 1878. Louise Bell Rau later exhibited her own work in pictorialist circles. Among Rau's other associates were his brother George, with whom he opened a photographic studio in 1885, the well-known photographic publisher Edward L. Wilson, and John Moran, brother of landscape artist Thomas Moran. In 1874 Rau had joined an international expedition to the South Seas to photograph the transit of Venus, working with John Moran on the project. He then worked intermittently in the southwest United States, including a period with William Henry Jackson. In 1881 he accompanied Edward Wilson to Egypt, where he made an extensive set of stereoviews and possibly some larger prints, although these have never been identified. He worked in Philadelphia during the Centennial Exposition of 1876 and was later the official photographer for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 and the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland. Best known for his railroad and landscape images, Rau was hired in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and in 1899 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for which he produced a series of views from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. He also recorded the Johnstown flood and the 1904 Baltimore fire. Today, Rau is important for his position linking, through subject and style, key aspects of photography in the 19th and 20th centuries. T.W.F.
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William H. Rau American, 1855-1920William Herman Rau was a Philadelphian with close ties to that city's photographic activities. The son of photographer George Rau, William married Louise Bell, daughter of photographer William Bell. He had worked for Bell until purchasing his father-in-law's company in 1878. Louise Bell Rau later exhibited her own work in pictorialist circles. Among Rau's other associates were his brother George, with whom he opened a photographic studio in 1885, the well-known photographic publisher Edward L. Wilson, and John Moran, brother of landscape artist Thomas Moran. In 1874 Rau had joined an international expedition to the South Seas to photograph the transit of Venus, working with John Moran on the project. He then worked intermittently in the southwest United States, including a period with William Henry Jackson. In 1881 he accompanied Edward Wilson to Egypt, where he made an extensive set of stereoviews and possibly some larger prints, although these have never been identified. He worked in Philadelphia during the Centennial Exposition of 1876 and was later the official photographer for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 and the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland. Best known for his railroad and landscape images, Rau was hired in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and in 1899 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for which he produced a series of views from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. He also recorded the Johnstown flood and the 1904 Baltimore fire. Today, Rau is important for his position linking, through subject and style, key aspects of photography in the 19th and 20th centuries. T.W.F.
Biography
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Birth Place:
Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
Creator Birth Place
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Creator Death Place:
Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
Creator Death Place
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Creator Name-CRT:
William H. Rau
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William H. Rau
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Hemlock Forest, Lehigh Valley Railroad
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Hemlock Forest, Lehigh Valley Railroad
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
c. 1895
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c. 1895
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1890
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1890
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1900
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1900
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
albumen print from wet collodion negative
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albumen print from wet collodion negative
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Photograph
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Photograph
Classification Term
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Style or Period:
America, 19th century
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America, 19th century
Style or Period
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Dimensions:
Image: 43.2cm x 51.8cm, Mounted: 43.5cm x 52.5cm
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Image: 43.2cm x 51.8cm, Mounted: 43.5cm x 52.5cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
2002.50
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2002.50
ID Number
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Credit Line:
John L. Severance Fund
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John L. Severance Fund
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
printed in white at bottom of image; "630 HEMLOCK FOREST LV.R.R." "WILLIAM H. RAU, PHILA"
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printed in white at bottom of image; "630 HEMLOCK FOREST LV.R.R." "WILLIAM H. RAU, PHILA"
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clevelandart.org/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.2002.50.tif
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CMA_.2002.50.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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