New Salisbury Greenhouse
Artist
Frederick K. Coulson
(American, 1869–1931)
Date1895
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 number2010.271.154
DescriptionPhotograph from an album of 208 cyanotypes on cream wove paper.Coulson documents Salisbury's new greenhouses upon completion. The sweeping glass enclosures included a new underground heating system, also photographed by Coulson during its construction. The system, connected to the old chimney, can be seen to the left. The steeple behind the greenhouse is that of Central Church, built in 1885 on land acquired from the Salisburys.
–"Frederick Coulson: Blueprints of a Golden Age," by James A. Welu, p.44, plate 23
ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA
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