Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia
Medium
albumen print
Dimensions
14.9 × 19.1 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Judith K. McMillan
Accession Number
2024.133
Tags
male
About this artwork
Israel Cook Russell’s view of the Great Dismal Swamp, which straddles the border between Virginia and North Carolina, evokes both the locale’s abundance of timber and its sense of desolation. Russell, a celebrated geologist, took care to express the geological and biological forces that shaped landscapes but also to create images of artistic value.