The Steerage
E443849
The Steerage is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography and social documentary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Steerage canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4482178 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Steerage Context triple: [Alfred Stieglitz, notableWork, The Steerage]
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A.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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B.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of a shipwreck caused by a captain’s pride and a violent storm.
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C.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
The Sea Lady
The Sea Lady is a 1902 fantasy novel by H. G. Wells that satirically explores Edwardian society through the disruptive arrival of a mysterious mermaid.
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E.
Redburn
Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Herman Melville that follows a young man's coming-of-age voyage as a sailor on a transatlantic ship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Steerage Target entity description: The Steerage is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography and social documentary.
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A.
The Shipwreck
The Shipwreck is a dramatic 18th-century maritime painting by French artist Joseph Vernet, renowned for its vivid depiction of storm-tossed seas and human struggle against nature.
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B.
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of a shipwreck caused by a captain’s pride and a violent storm.
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C.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
The Sea Lady
The Sea Lady is a 1902 fantasy novel by H. G. Wells that satirically explores Edwardian society through the disruptive arrival of a mysterious mermaid.
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E.
Redburn
Redburn is a semi-autobiographical novel by Herman Melville that follows a young man's coming-of-age voyage as a sailor on a transatlantic ship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
black-and-white photograph
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modernist artwork ⓘ photograph ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
formal abstraction
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modernist ⓘ |
| color | black-and-white ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Alfred Stieglitz ⓘ |
| depicts |
emigrants
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gangplank ⓘ geometric forms ⓘ hats ⓘ railings ⓘ ropes ⓘ ship deck ⓘ steerage-class passengers ⓘ transatlantic ocean liner ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Camera Work, 1911 issue
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linked to:
Camera Work magazine
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| firstPublicationDate | 1911 ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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modernist photography ⓘ social documentary photography ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Alfred Stieglitz ⓘ |
| hasPart |
circular forms
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cluster of passengers with hats ⓘ curved railings ⓘ diagonal gangplank ⓘ hanging ropes ⓘ lower deck section ⓘ upper deck section ⓘ |
| inception | 1907 ⓘ |
| inCollection |
George Eastman Museum
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Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ Museum of Modern Art ⓘ National Gallery of Art ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of modernist photography
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documentary photography traditions ⓘ |
| language | none ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | onboard a transatlantic ship ⓘ |
| mainSubject | steerage-class passengers on an ocean liner ⓘ |
| medium | photographic print ⓘ |
| movement | Modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combination of social commentary and formal abstraction
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early example of modernist composition in photography ⓘ status as a landmark in 20th-century photography ⓘ |
| publication | Camera Work ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred Stieglitz ⓘ |
| significantEvent | Stieglitz’s voyage to Europe ⓘ |
| technique | gelatin silver print ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Steerage Description of subject: The Steerage is a landmark 1907 photograph by Alfred Stieglitz, celebrated as an early masterpiece of modernist photography and social documentary.
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