id: 156964 accession number: 1993.123 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.123 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:16.792000 Palazzetto Venezia, Rome, c. 1870s. James Anderson (British, 1813–1877). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 26 x 38.9 cm (10 1/4 x 15 5/16 in.); matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Thomas Halsted, The Halsted Gallery, in honor of Evan Turner 1993.123 title: Palazzetto Venezia, Rome title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1870s creation date earliest: 1870 creation date latest: 1879 current location: creditline: Gift of Thomas Halsted, The Halsted Gallery, in honor of Evan Turner copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative department: Photography collection: Photography type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * James Anderson (British, 1813–1877) - artist James Anderson (Isaac Atkinson) England, 1813-1877, active in Rome Born in Cumberland, England, Issac Atkinson developed an early interest in art, taking up painting and watercolor before moving to Paris for further study. In 1838 he settled in Rome, where he established a business making small bronzes and sculptures under the name James Anderson. His imitations of antique works were much in demand as souvenirs for travelers making the grand tour of the Continent. In 1849 Anderson began working in photography and opened a studio in 1853. Focusing on architecture and art, he specialized in images of interest to the public, especially tourists. Anderson's background in art and his skill in photography soon established him as a leader in this competitive field. He published his first catalog in 1859. At his death in 1877, he left a prosperous studio whose thousands of negatives were reprinted and sold by his Italian wife, their sons, and their descendants until well after World War II. Although Anderson's work was commercial in origin, its quality was indisputably high. His love of Rome, its culture, and its art was apparent both in his life and his photographs. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 26 x 38.9 cm (10 1/4 x 15 5/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on recto of mount: "77"; "Palazzo di Venezia" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'CMA, September 13 - November 27, 1994: "Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1994-09-13T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Thomas Halsted, The Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI), given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: ?-1993 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: September 15, 1993- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "1992 Annual Report." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 6 (1993): 215-95. page number: Reproduced: p. 291 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161418 Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 85 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.123/1993.123_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.123/1993.123_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.123/1993.123_full.tif