Returning to the Fold
PhotographerWilliam H. Zerbe
CountryUnited States
MediumGum Bichromate
Year1905-1910
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Farming, Sheep, Landscape, Forest, Roadways, Supports
Dimensions
Image Dimensions: 18.5 x 22.9 cm
Support Dimensions: 28.9 x 33.2 cm print center-glued to thick, brown, art-paper mount
Returning to the Fold was one of Zerbe’s best known early pictorial photographs. Originally taken in 1904, technical information on it was printed in the January issue of the Photo-Era:
“Mr. Zerbe’s “Returning to the Fold” was taken with a Goerz lens of 8 inches focus at f. 16, with 1-25 second exposure in good light at 5 P.M. The Cramer Isochromatic plate was developed with pyro and printed in carbon.” 1.
1. Photo-Era, The American Journal of Photography: Vol. XXIV, January, 1910: p. 6 (the photo won Zerbe 7th place in Class B for the journal’s Third Annual Photographic Contest- in which he placed 4rth overall, entering 17 pictures)
On print support recto: pencil signed lower right corner in margin: W H Zerbe
On print verso:
pre-printed, Zerbe letterpress, tack-glued label: 9.5 x 12.2 cm:
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM
WILLIAM H. ZERBE,
345 SPRUCE ST., RICHMOND HILL, L. I
title: typewriter-written: Returning to the fold