Point Reyes-Light House, looking west / illustrated by Edw. J. Muybridge. – Vintage Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures Point Reyes-Light House, looking west / illustrated by Edw. J. Muybridge. in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Point Reyes-Light House, looking west / illustrated by Edw. J. Muybridge.
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Few headlands on the California coast are as exposed as Point Reyes, where this lighthouse stands on a windswept bluff facing the Pacific. Edward J. Muybridge, whose studio was at 12 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, made this western view around 1870, the year the station was first lit to guide ships past one of the most fog-bound stretches of the coast. Muybridge later became famous for his motion studies, but in this period he earned much of his living from views of the West Coast, including lighthouses and the rugged shoreline around them. The image shows the tower and its surroundings against open sea, a reminder of how remote the station was.
| Created / published | 1870 |
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| Subjects | San Francisco, California : Edw. J. Muybridge, 12 Montgomery Street, [1870?] |
| Original scan | 4,898 × 2,486 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 11 |
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