Toastkitten: The Met's Dream Comes True

March 18, 2005

The Met's Dream Comes True

After 15 yrs of courting, the Met has finally acquired the Gilman Paper Company Collection of photographs. According to TNYT this trove of over 8,500 photographs, (some purchased by the Met and others donated by the Gilman foundation) "will greatly strengthen the museum's photography holdings and make it, along with the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, one of the world's pre-eminent institutions for 19th-century photographs." ... It always boils down to LA vs. New York, right...

I never saw The Waking Dream when it was on view back in '93, but I have the catalogue and the images in this collection are gorgeous! These days I spend most of my time thinking and writing about photographers that are actually, well, still alive. But as far as the 19th c goes, Gilman and his curator knew what the hell they were doing. Props to the Met for finally closing the deal.

Posted by lk at March 18, 2005 12:22 AM

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The images look good side by side. The other thing you asked about is a pop-up, I'm pretty sure. There does not seem to be anything in preferences about pop-ups, but I will look at the documentation and see if you can do it.

Posted by: elizabeth at March 19, 2005 06:19 PM

I'll try to fix that now, Butter gun. I'm still learning how all the tech stuff works.

Posted by: lk at March 18, 2005 01:15 PM

Unfortunately the link/pic isn't working for me here in pc land. (Shhh don't tell the cool kids I'm on a pc.)

Posted by: butter gun at March 18, 2005 09:31 AM