id:			148703
accession number:	1976.156
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.156
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:39.450000

The Paranirvana of Buddha, Gal Vihara, Polonnaruva, Ceylon, 1870–71. Joseph Lawton (British, d. 1874). Albumen print; image: 21.4 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Louise S. Richards 1976.156

title:				The Paranirvana of Buddha, Gal Vihara, Polonnaruva, Ceylon
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creation date:			1870–71
creation date earliest:		1870
creation date latest:		1871
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creditline:			Gift of Louise S. Richards
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	albumen print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Joseph Lawton (British, d. 1874)  - artist
Joseph Lawton British, d. 1874 In the 1860s Joseph Lawton immigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), opening a studio at Kandy in 1866. His most important known work is a series of views of ancient ruins in Ceylon, commissioned in 1870-71, that accompanied a survey by the Committee of Ancient Architecture. Lawton's death in 1874 was attributed to health problems contracted during this work. His widow continued to operate the firm of J. Lawton and Co., listed as photographers to the Duke of Edinburgh, until it closed in 1881. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 21.4 x 28.2 cm (8 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto of mount: "Reclining Buddha at the Gal Vihara Polonnaruva"; in pencil on  verso: "#15"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Selection of Photography from the CMA, 1979</em>. Beck Center, Lakewood, OH (1979).', 'opening_date': '1979-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 31, 2013–June 30, 2014).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-31T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Louise S. Richards, Oberlin, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 221
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.156/1976.156_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.156/1976.156_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1976.156/1976.156_full.tif