id:			156027
accession number:	1991.288
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.288
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:12.089000

Canterbury, c. 1853. Robert Henry Cheney (British, 1800–1866). Albumen print from calotype; image: 17.9 x 22.6 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Russ Anderson 1991.288

title:				Canterbury
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creation date:			c. 1853
creation date earliest:		1848
creation date latest:		1858
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creditline:			Gift of Russ Anderson
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from calotype
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Robert Henry Cheney (British, 1800–1866)  - artist
Robert Henry Cheney British, c. 1800-1866

Robert Henry Cheney typified the talented English amateur of his day. Raised in comfort in Shropshire, he spent his twenties in Italy with his mother and brother, Edward, a graduate of Sandhurst and veteran of military duty in India. Both brothers were devotees of Roman society, published Gothic fiction that attracted little attention, and took an interest in art. In Venice Edward assembled an excellent collection of European works; Robert took up sketching and watercolor, possibly studying with British watercolorist Peter Dewindt.
	Robert later returned to the family seat of Badger Hall in Shropshire, where in the 1840s he pursued landscape design, assumed local civic duties, and continued to sketch. He took up photography about 1850, recording for his pleasure and that of his circle not only Badger Hall and its environs, but also other architectural and landscape subjects throughout Britain. He used the waxed paper process, producing salt prints; some albumen prints were made later in the decade by his nephew, Colonel Alfred Capel-Cure. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 17.9 x 22.6 cm (7 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in ink on recto of mount: "Canterbury"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary
	opening date:   1992-10-27T05:00:00
	<i>Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, October 27, 1992 - January 3, 1993: "Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum\'s Seventy-Fifth Anniversary," no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1992-10-27T00:00:00'}

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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. 122
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.288/1991.288_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.288/1991.288_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1991.288/1991.288_full.tif