id:			153601
accession number:	1987.134
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.134
updated:		2023-12-04 02:20:01.559000

The Photographic Album for the Year 1855: Gateway to Borwick Hall, Lancashire, 1855. Rev. John Richardson Major (British, 1821–1871). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 16.9 x 22 cm (6 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.134

title:				Gateway to Borwick Hall, Lancashire
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series:				The Photographic Album for the Year 1855
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creation date:			1855
creation date earliest:		1855
creation date latest:		1855
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	salted paper print from calotype negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Rev. John Richardson Major (British, 1821–1871)  - artist
Reverend John Richardson Major British, 1821-1871

Born in Thetford, Major was the eldest son and namesake of John Richardson Major (1797-1876). Both father and son were interested in photography and belonged to the Photographic Exchange Club, where the younger Major was an honorary secretary and treasurer. In addition, both were associated with King's College School. The senior Major was the first headmaster, earning the title of Reverend Doctor, or Reverend J. R. Major, D.D. His son attended the school, then went to Exeter College, Oxford, took orders in 1846, and returned to King's College School as assistant master under his father, becoming known as Reverend J. R. Major, F.S.A. After his father's forced resignation, Major resigned in 1856 and moved to Gloucester to become headmaster of Wye College in Kent. Major was a member of the Society of Antiquaries and is known for his albumen prints of great houses and abbeys in England. K.L.C.
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measurements: Image: 16.9 x 22 cm (6 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "1570.15"; "Major, Borwick Hall"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, February 24 - April 17, 1988: "Year in Review 1987," CMA Bulletin, 75 (February 1988), p. 67, no. 69.  <br>CMA, June 29 - August 26, 1990: "The World Seen Anew: English and French Photographs of the 1850's," Gallery D, no exhibition catalogue.

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PROVENANCE

	(Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd.), Sussex, United Kingdom
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 21, 1987
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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. 228
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