William H Rau P A B Widener Art Gallery Vintage Photo Start Price USD 199.99 Current Price USD 199.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 29, 2008 End Time Friday, September 05, 2008 Location Lambertville,New Jersey See more about 'William H Rau P A B Widener Art Gallery Vintage Photo' Description THERE IS NO RESERVE ON THIS AUCTION .   This is a very nice vintage photograph by Philadelphia photographer William H Rau. This photo depicts an interior scene of what is most likely Peter A.B. Wideners estate Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park, Philadelphia. The back reads "P.A.B. Widener Art Gallery Van Dyke room Towards Main Galleries". This photo, circa 1910, depicts an artistic and symmetric view from a large room through a doorway flanked by two large portraits into another room with a doorway and into yet another room. This piece is signed in the lower right by imprint "William H. Rau". According to the auction records on the website Artnet his artwork has sold for as much as $6,325US. CONDITION:In my opinion it is in good condition, but please see photo to form your own opinion to it's condition. SIZE:The image size measures 10 5/8 inches height and 13 1/2 inches width. The paper size measures 10 5/8 inches height and 13 1/2 inches width. ARTIST INFO: This is a biography taken from the cma.org website about William H. Rau. William H. RauAmerican, 1855-1920 William Herman Rau was a Philadelphian with close ties to that city's photographic activities. The brother of photographer George Rau (and son of coal merchant John Frederick Rau), William married Louise Bell, daughter of photographer William Bell. He had worked for Bell until purchasing his father-in-law's company in 1878. Louise Bell Rau later exhibited her own work in pictorialist circles. Among Rau's other associates besides his brother George, with whom he opened a photographic studio in 1885, were the well-known photographic publisher Edward L. Wilson, and John Moran, brother of landscape artist Thomas Moran. In 1874 Rau had joined an international expedition to the South Seas to photograph the transit of Venus, working with John Moran on the project. He then worked intermittently in the southwest United States, including a period with William Henry Jackson. In 1881 he accompanied Edward Wilson to Egypt, where he made an extensive set of stereoviews and possibly some larger prints, although these have never been identified. He worked in Philadelphia during the Centennial Exposition of 1876 and was later the official photographer for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 and the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland. Best known for his railroad and landscape images, Rau was hired in 1890 by the Pennsylvania Railroad and in 1899 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, for which he produced a series of views from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. He also recorded the Johnstown flood and the 1904 Baltimore fire. Today, Rau is important for his position linking, through subject and style, key aspects of photography in the 19th and 20th centuries. T.W.F. SHIPPING:All items pictured with a frame will be shipped framed unless otherwise notified by email within 24 hours of the auction ending. The Artfull Eye Will No Longer Include The Glass With Framed Artwork Due To Further Protection Of The Artwork During Shipping The packing & handling fee for this item is 10.00 framed and 5.00 unframed. The packing & handling fee is included if you use the shipping calculator it IS NOT on top of the shipping calculator price. PLUS EXACT USPS SHIPPING COSTS. WE WILL ONLY SHIP USPS PRIORITY MAIL WHEN PAID USING PAYPAL. GALLERY INFO:Please feel free to stop by the gallery in Lambertville, NJ. All artwork on Ebay will be at my gallery! The Artfull Eye Gallery has been owned and operated by me in Lambertville, New Jersey for the past 27 years. As a dealer with over 36 years of professional experience, I'm proud to offer the above mention items, and I also guarantee its authenticity. Please check my Ebay About Me page for more information about me and my gallery. If there are any mistakes in the above description, you can return the item for a full refund. As with all of my Gallery sales, your complete satisfaction is guaranteed. WHO WAS WHO Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.2.119.0 Place a Bid!