- J Michael Lardizabal
- The Mathilda, 1998
- Platinum
- 41 x 51 cm
- US$3,000
Full title "The Mathilda, Kingston, New York, 1998". Brilliant atmospheric image beautifully printed in platium by this master printer. This is a unique print, taken and printed in 1998 when the boat was 100 years old.
The Mathilda is a historic 1898 steam tugboat displayed at the Hudson River Maritime Museum on the Rondout Landing waterfront in Kingston, NY. It features a distinctive black and white smokestack, characteristic of the Cornell Steamboat Company fleet.
Contact print from the in-camera 8"x10" negative, on a spectacularly hand coated 11"x14" piece on handmade paper. Signed, titled, dated, numbered '1/15" under print but no others were made. Professionally archivally matted in a 16"x20" black metal frame.