Stele from the Kerameikos Cemetery, Athens
William James Stillman
early 1880s
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
10 5/16 x 7 7/8
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.1312
About the Artist
William James Stillman · 1828–1901
Stillman worked as a landscape painter in New York City from 1848 to 1858. In 1859, he produced a series of photographs on the Adirondack region. That same year, moved to Europe and from 1861 to 1865, he served as the American consul in Rome. During this period he produced a series of topographical and architectural photographs of Rome and Florence. From 1865 to 1868, Stillman served as the consul...