Editorial comment for this plate:

” THAT GOOD PASTURE MAKES FAT SHEEP “

The picturesque landscape which serves as a frontispiece to our magazine this week is from a negative by Francis B. Mitchell, an amateur of New York. The “good pasture” belongs to Mr. Mitchell and forms part of his farm at Seneca Lake.

The “fat sheep” are genuine Southdowns, and are certainly photographed in very picturesque groups. The black cloud overhanging indicates a thunder storm which was actually threatening when Mr. Mitchell made his exposure. A wide-angle landscape lens was used, with an “Eagle” plate. The exposure was half a second in duration.

? Francis Barnard Mitchell: 1844-1929 (unknown if this is same gentleman)