Cleveland Museum of Art
Bear Lake, LVRR
William H. Rau
- Date
- c. 1898–99
- Medium
- albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative
- Culture
- America
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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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