id: 156513 accession number: 1992.227 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.227 updated: 2023-08-23 23:15:43.124000 Photographic Pictures made by Mr. Francis Bedford during the Tour of the East in which, by command, He Accompanied H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, No. 2 The Holy Land and Syria: Balbec, 1862. Francis Bedford (British, 1816–1894). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 25.1 x 28.9 cm (9 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.227 title: Balbec title in original language: series: Photographic Pictures made by Mr. Francis Bedford during the Tour of the East in which, by command, He Accompanied H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, No. 2 The Holy Land and Syria series in original language: creation date: 1862 creation date earliest: 1862 creation date latest: 1862 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative department: Photography collection: PH - British 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Francis Bedford (British, 1816–1894) - artist Francis Bedford British, 1816 -- 1894 Francis Bedford, one of the most respected 19th-century British photographers, was the son of an ecclesiastical architect and painter. He also took up painting and lithography before turning to photography in the early 1850s. Having achieved substantial recognition for his landscape, portrait, and architectural work, in 1862 Bedford was commissioned by Queen Victoria to accompany the Prince of Wales on a tour of the Middle East. Working with his son William, Bedford produced some 210 large collodion negatives taken in countries surrounding the Mediterranean. He exhibited more than 170 of the images on his return, and published approximately four dozen in smaller format in The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens, etc. (1866). He also produced other portfolios on such subject matter as Tintern Abbey and the city of Chester. Although widely known for the products of his commercial studio, Bedford's achievement lies more in the style he developed -- one unusually sensitive to landscape and architecture, and capable of conveying the harmonious relationship between nature and man enjoyed by Victorian viewers. Bedford was a founding member of the Royal Photographic Society and continued to be active in photography, exhibition, publishing, and sales of his work until his death. T.W.F. * Day & Son, Ltd. - publisher --- measurements: Image: 25.1 x 28.9 cm (9 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY) date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: October 19, 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. 96 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.227/1992.227_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.227/1992.227_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.227/1992.227_full.tif