id:			153225
accession number:	1986.196
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.196
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:59.077000

St. Peter's, 1858. Robert Macpherson (British, 1811–1872). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 26.8 x 37.9 cm (10 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1986.196

title:				St. Peter's
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creation date:			1858
creation date earliest:		1858
creation date latest:		1858
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Robert Macpherson (British, 1811–1872)  - artist
Robert Macpherson British, b. Scotland, 1811-1872

His many views of Rome and its environs, produced in the 1850s-60s, place Robert Macpherson among the most prolific and popular of 19th-century photographers of Italy (along with James Anderson in Rome, the Alinari family in Florence, and Carlo Ponti of Venice). Trained as a surgeon in his native Edinburgh, Macpherson moved to Rome in about 1840, becoming a painter, photographer, and occasional dealer in art and antiquities. By the early 1850s he was an acknowledged master of scenic and architectural views, publishing a catalog of his work in 1858. In 1859 he had some 187 views available for purchase, and by 1863 the number had increased to 305. In that same year he made more than 300 photographs of sculpture in the Vatican for a guidebook on the subject.
	Macpherson maintained his ties to Britain, assisting in the founding of the Scottish Photographic Society. An extensive 1862 London exhibition of some 400 of his works was highly praised. Macpherson's images are found in many collections. Through his acuity as a dealer, in 1868 London's National Gallery purchased Michelangelo's important painting The Entombment. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 26.8 x 37.9 cm (10 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, February 4 - March 15, 1987: "Year in Review 1986," CMA Bulletin, 74 (February 1987), p. 65, no. 83.', 'opening_date': '1987-02-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, June 29 - August 26, 1990: "The World Seen Anew: English and French Photographs of the 1850\'s," Gallery D, no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1990-06-29T00:00:00'}

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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. Reproduced: P. 227
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	Peters, Emily J. and Julian Brooks, with Edina Adam, Marjan Scharloo, and Carel van Tuyll van Serooskerken. <em>Michelangelo: Mind of the Master</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 127, fig. 73
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1986.196/1986.196_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1986.196/1986.196_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1986.196/1986.196_full.tif