Cathedral at La Unión, El Salvador, albumen print

A sepia albumen photograph of a domed church with a damaged, partly collapsed facade, surrounded by rubble and scattered debris. A yoked pair of oxen and a cart stand on the dusty street, with a wooden frame structure, a thatched shed, and a palm tree to the right beneath a cloudy sky and distant mountains.

Artist

Eadweard Muybridge

Date

1875, published 1877

Medium

albumen silver print

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2758 × 1902 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum