Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond

Alexander Gardner · 1865

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Oyster
57% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.4:1

Iron
15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.4:1

Charcoal
13% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.9:1

Pewter
6% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.3:1

Lamp black
6% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.5:1

Silver
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1

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Artist: Alexander Gardner
American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.
Date: 1865
Type: Photograph
Medium: Albumen silver prints from glass negatives
Size: 16.3 x 36.9 cm (6 7/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Period: 19th century
Main colour: White & cream · lightness 62, colourfulness 6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond

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