Cayuga Lake Sheldrake L.V.R.R.; ca. 1895; Albumen silver print from glass negative; Mount: 17 1/2 in. x 20 13/16 in. (44.5 x 52.8 cm); Photographs; William H. Rau (American; 1855-1920); Born in Philadelphia; Rau photographed extensively throughout the American West; Europe; and the Middle East. He also participated in an international scientific expedition to New Zealand's Chatham Islands; where he recorded the Transit of Venus across the sun in 1874