Castle from pier Dumbarton Scotland – Vintage Wall Art
![Castle from pier Dumbarton Scotland, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/db/db9d346850bf-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Castle from pier Dumbarton Scotland, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Castle from pier Dumbarton Scotland
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Dumbarton Castle rises from its basalt crag where the River Leven meets the Clyde, and this view is taken from the town's pier, looking across the water toward the fortress. The photochrom process used here, developed in Switzerland in the 1880s, transferred photographs to stone in several color passes, giving the scene the soft, layered tones of a painted postcard. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold these views across the United States, issued this print in the years around 1890 to 1900, when Scottish landscapes were popular with American travelers and armchair tourists alike.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. catalogue J,1905. Print no. 13088. Views of landscape and architecture in Scotland |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,618 × 2,747 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 538_Castle_from_pier_Dumbar_1890.tif-07567u |
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