id: 156635 accession number: 1992.333 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.333 updated: 2022-01-04 17:11:53.354000 The Royal Stag, c. 1870. James Valentine (British, 1815-1880). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 18.7 x 23.9 cm (7 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1992.333 title: The Royal Stag title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1870 creation date earliest: 1865 creation date latest: 1875 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 * James Valentine (British, 1815-1880) - artist James Valentine British, b. Scotland, 1815-1880 James Valentine was a topographical and landscape photographer, printer, and publisher. Producing work of superior quality, he was appointed official photographer to the queen in 1868. His company, Valentine & Sons, Ltd., published his views and those of other operators. The Dundee-based firm was said to be the largest and best equipped in Britain, capable of turning out as many as 3,000 prints on a bright, sunny day. After Valentine's death, his sons, George D. (d. 1890) and W. D. Valentine, continued the operation. Among the important projects taken on by the firm in the 1880s was the printing of Peter Henry Emerson's gravure plates for Life and Landscape of the Norfolk Broads. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 18.7 x 23.9 cm (7 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Titled on negative: "Royal Stag. 9." translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art opening date: 2004-07-24T00:00:00 Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art". No exhibition catalogue. --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: One of the earliest photographs in this exhibition, James Valentine’s Royal Stag possesses a rare spontaneity, both for photographs of this period and for still-life images in general. In photographing a royal stag (one with antlers of twelve or more branches), Valentine gave the animal the appearance of one that had just fallen in the bright light of midday. Because the technology of the day required a nearby darkroom where the exposed negative plate could be processed immediately, it is likely that the felled stag was arranged into its artistic pose by the photographer or his staff. Valentine was a distinguished topographical and landscape photographer, printer, and publisher whose Dundee-based company became the largest and best equipped in the United Kingdom. His accomplishments were recognized when in 1868 he was appointed Photographer to the Queen. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.333/1992.333_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.333/1992.333_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1992.333/1992.333_full.tif