Policeman
Artist
Frederick K. Coulson
(American, 1869–1931)
DateAugust 1, 1895
Mediumcyanotype on cream wove paper
Dimensions24.8 x 29.2 cm (sheets), 25.4 x 20.5 x 2.0 cm (bound)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund
Object number2010.271.112
DescriptionPhotograph from an album of 208 cyanotypes on cream wove paper.Coulson captures a memorable image of a policeman who grasps the bars of a window with one hand and holds a truncheon in the other. During the late nineteenth century, the Worcester polic force grew significantly in number to meet the city's rapid rise in population.
–"Frederick Coulson: Blueprints of a Golden Age," by James A. Welu, p.46, plate 25
ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA
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