Untitled
c. 1900
A gelatin silver snapshot showing a young boy standing at the center of a group of well‑dressed travelers on a ship, made to record a striking social encounter aboard a modern steam vessel.
Your eye is immediately drawn to the boy at center—standing forward in a slightly oversized suit and meeting the camera with a composed look—while adults in bowler hats, a small girl, and the ship’s iron fittings crowd and frame him.
As an early turn‑of‑the‑century photographic snapshot, it shows how portable photography began to capture everyday social encounters and the shifting class and mobility patterns of modern travel.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
3 1/8 × 3 1/8" (8 × 8 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Thomas Walther
Accession
430.2005
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