Three Men in Canoes

Artist Frederick K. Coulson (American, 1869–1931)

DateAugust 12, 1894

Mediumcyanotype on cream wove paper

Dimensionsimage: 10.9 × 15.7 cm (4 5/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
sheet: 19.6 × 24.8 cm (7 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
bound: 20.5 × 25.4 × 2 cm (8 1/16 × 10 × 13/16 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund

Object number2010.271.34

DescriptionPhotograph from an album of 208 cyanotypes on cream wove paper.

Frederick Coulson was an accomplished athlete and enjoyed sports throughout his life. This cyanotype, made early in his career as a draftsman, shows Lake Quinsigamond, a favorite place for canoeing. It was on this lake that Frederick taught swimming at a summer camp run by the Worcester Natural History Society.
–"Frederick Coulson: Blueprints of a Golden Age," by James A. Welu, p.33, plate 12
ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA

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