Artwork
Bear Lake, LVRR
Bear Lake, LVRR is a photography by the Impressionist artist William H. Rau. It dates from 1898 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. A distinguished commercial and documentary landscape photographer in Philadelphia, William H.
- Accession no.
- 1988.88
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
About this work
Overview
Realizing photography's advertising potential, the railroad company employed Rau to select picturesque subjects that might be seen while traveling by rail.
A distinguished commercial and documentary landscape photographer in Philadelphia, William H. Rau was commissioned in the 1890s by the Lehigh Valley Railroad to execute a series of scenic views along a new line. Realizing photography's advertising potential, the railroad company employed Rau to select picturesque subjects that might be seen while traveling by rail. Contact-printed from a mammoth plate negative, the landscape's shapes, textures, and tonal ranges are richly detailed.
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