Two men, two women, and Japanese individuals in front of the Daibutsu (Great Buddha) of Kōtoku-in. Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, from a Travel Photograph Album (Views of Hawaii and Japan)

Unknown American, American

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about 1894

Albumen print adhered to album page

Overall: 10 13/16 × 14 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (27.5 × 36 × 6 cm)

Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 11/16 in. (12 × 9.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

2014.3.160

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Handwritten caption, below photograph, in ink: Kamakura.

Course History

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

Provenance

Possibly collected by Leila Price Pettengill (1887-1977) [wife of Admiral George Tilford Pettengill Jr. (1877-1959), Class of 1932P and 1937P], Washington, D.C.; possibly given to present collection, 1959; catalgoued in 2014.

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