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Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia
About the Artwork
Israel Cook Russell’s view of the Great Dismal Swamp, which straddles the border between Virginia and North Carolina, evokes both the locale’s abundance of timber and its sense of desolation. Russell, a celebrated geologist, took care to express the geological and biological forces that shaped landscapes but also to create images of artistic value.
Inscriptions
Handwritten in graphite on verso of photograph and mat: "C.H. Merriam, attrib.; Dismal Swamp, NC, c. 1880 (?); GE 1890.6; 173"
Provenance
February 12, 2000: (Gary Edwards Gallery, Washington, DC, sold to Judith K. McMillan, Chardon Township, OH) 2000–2024: Judith K. McMillan, Chardon Township, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH September 9, 2024–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Israel Cook Russell (American, 1852–1906)
- Date
- c. 1872–90
- Medium
- albumen print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 15.1 x 19.8 cm (5 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Judith K. McMillan
- Accession no.
- 2024.132
More by Israel Cook Russell in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00012876
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