Lick Brook, near Ithaca, N.Y. Upper Falls, 160 feet high
J.C. Burritt
1860/65
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 7.5 × 7.2 cm (3 × 2 7/8 in.); Card: 8.4 × 17.1 cm (3 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
198483
About the Artist
J.C. Burritt
J.C. Burritt is an artist about whom surviving documentation is minimal. No birth or death dates are recorded, no nationality has been confirmed, and the details of any formal training or artistic affiliation are unknown. With nearly fifty works attributed to Burritt in institutional collections, there is clear evidence of a sustained practice. The initials-only form of the first name, common in ...