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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia by John Reekie, Alexander Gardner — VisualArtsDB

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia

John Reekie Alexander Gardner

1864

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 17.8 x 22.9 cm (7 x 9 in.) mount: 31.8 x 43.2 cm (12 1/2 x 17 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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