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accession number:	1992.227
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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
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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
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creation date:			1862
creation date earliest:		1862
creation date latest:		1862
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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:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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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

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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.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: October 19, 1992
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 67
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161388

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 96
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.227/1992.227_full.tif