Sassenage: Val du Grésivaudan: Isère

Accession Number
1990/2.18

Title
Sassenage: Val du Grésivaudan: Isère

Artist(s)

Object Creation Date
circa 1855-1865

Medium & Support
albumen print on paper

Dimensions
11 in x 8 7/16 in (27.94 cm x 21.43 cm);22 1/8 in x 16 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 40.96 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Howard and Margaret Bond

Subject matter
Probably taken by the French photographer Adolphe Godard, better known for his stereo views of Italy, this albumen print depicts a cluster of buildings on a hillside in the Grésivaudan valley near Grenoble, France. The photograph appears to have been taken from a position slightly above the valley, perhaps on a small hill behind the trees in the foreground of the image, which positions the houses against a backdrop of trees, a village, and mountains in successive layers that convey the variety of the natural and man-made landscapes in this region of the French Alps. 

Physical Description
Photograph of a house and trees on a hill-side with mountains and a village in the background.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
Landscapes
hillside architecture
houses
landscapes (environments)
mountains
travel photography
trees
valleys (landforms)
villages

1 Related Resource

Nature in Photography
(Part of 3 Learning Collections)

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