Surf at Coronado
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Surf at Coronado
From the album The Rounded World is Fair to See
ca. 1885
Albumen silver print
Image: 4 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (11.1 × 19 cm)
Mount: 10 1/4 × 13 11/16 in. (26.1 × 34.7 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1974.0197.0038
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on mount, TLC: 38
Printed in image, BL: 28. SURF AT CORONADO
Inscribed in black ink on mount, C: "The harp at NATURES advent strung \ Has never ceased to play; \ The song the stars of morning sung \ Has never died away. \ And prayer is made and praise is given \ By all things near and far; \ The ocean looketh up to heaven, \ and mirrors every star. \ Its waves are kneeling on the strand, \ Their white locks bowing to the sand, \ The priesthood of the sea!"
Printed in image, BL: 28. SURF AT CORONADO
Inscribed in black ink on mount, C: "The harp at NATURES advent strung \ Has never ceased to play; \ The song the stars of morning sung \ Has never died away. \ And prayer is made and praise is given \ By all things near and far; \ The ocean looketh up to heaven, \ and mirrors every star. \ Its waves are kneeling on the strand, \ Their white locks bowing to the sand, \ The priesthood of the sea!"
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