John Burroughs Sitting at the Fireplace at Woodchuck Lodge, 1918

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Artifact Overview

John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an internationally known naturalist and essayist who wrote about accessible and familiar landscapes. In 1913, with financial assistance from Henry Ford, Burroughs purchased the house built by his brother Curtis on land near Burroughs's birthplace in Roxbury, New York. Woodchuck Lodge, as Burroughs referred to it, became his summer retreat and its natural surroundings became the subject of his creative works.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

28 September 1918

Subject Date

28 September 1918

Creator Notes

Photograph by Clyde Fisher.

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1764.7

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in

Inscriptions

Handwritten in ink on back: Photograph by Clyde Fisher Handwritten in pencil on back: John Burroughs at Woodchuck Lodge, Roxbury in / the Catskills / Credit Clyde Fisher / 49567