id: 155993 accession number: 1991.277 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.277 updated: 2023-12-04 23:50:17.991000 Photographic Album for the Year 1855, Being Contributions from the Members of the Photographic Club: Orangery and Flower Garden at Singleton, Glamorganshire, 1854. W. Graham Vivian (British, 1827–1912), Photographic Exchange Club. Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 19.5 x 14.8 cm (7 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1991.277 title: Orangery and Flower Garden at Singleton, Glamorganshire title in original language: series: Photographic Album for the Year 1855, Being Contributions from the Members of the Photographic Club series in original language: creation date: 1854 creation date earliest: 1854 creation date latest: 1854 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative department: Photography collection: Photography type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * W. Graham Vivian (British, 1827–1912) - artist W. Graham Vivian British, b. Wales, 1827-1912 William Graham Vivian, born at Singleton Abbey into an important Swansea family involved in the metals industry, was an amateur photographer active from the 1850s to 1871. His work consists largely of portraiture and of topographic views of England, Wales, and Scotland. The aristocratic Vivians were key figures in the life of Swansea. William was reportedly a shrewd investor and the business strategist of the family. His brother, Henry Hussey Vivian, was a public figure whose guests at the family home, Singleton Abbey, included William Gladstone and the Prince and Princess of Wales. A member of the Photographic Exchange Club, Vivian supplied prints to the club's album in 1855. In 1860 he bought Woodland Castle and made it his home, renaming it Clyne Castle. T.W.F. * Photographic Exchange Club - publisher --- measurements: Image: 19.5 x 14.8 cm (7 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex, United Kingdom) date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: February 24, 1992 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 367 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.277/1991.277_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.277/1991.277_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.277/1991.277_full.tif