San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge before construction, ca. 1870

Title

San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge before construction

Photographer

• Eadweard Muybridge attributed

Period Produced

• 19th century

School

• landscape photography

Object Type

• photograph

Physical Description

Albumen print mounted on cardboard

Material

• albumen
• silver (toned) particles
• cardboard
• paper

Technique

• albumen print

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet recto unten rechts: handschriftlich: Golden Gate San Francisco attr. to. Muybridge
Bezeichnet recto unten rechts: handschriftlich: 40

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Photographic Collection

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2011 with support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder and the Hessischer Kulturstiftung, property of the Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• seascape

Main Motif

• Golden Gate
• San Francisco Bay
• Pacific Ocean
• Fort Point (San Francisco, CA)
• Hawk Hill
• Marin Headlands
• San Francisco, CA
• Marin County, CA
• ship
• horizon
• mountain

Primary

• 25H23 sea (seascape)
• 61D(GOLDEN GATE) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (GOLDEN GATE) (GOLDEN GATE)
• 61D(SAN FRANCISCO BAY) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (SAN FRANCISCO BAY) (SAN FRANCISCO BAY)
• 25H2322(PACIFIC OCEAN) sea (PACIFIC OCEAN)
• 61D(HAWK HILL) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (HAWK HILL) (HAWK HILL)

Secondary

• 61F(FORT POINT (San Francisco, CA)) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (FORT POINT (San Francisco, CA))
• 61D(MARIN HEADLANDS) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (MARIN HEADLANDS) (MARIN HEADLANDS)
• 61D(MARIN COUNTY, CA) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (MARIN COUNTY, CA) (MARIN COUNTY, CA)
• 25H113 (high) hill
• 25H114 low hill country
• 46C24 sailing-ship, sailing-boat
• 26A clouds
• 61E(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) names of cities and villages (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)