id: 157108 accession number: 1993.24 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.24 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:17.611000 Rubber Tree, Assam, India (Ficus Elastica), c.1880s. Charles T. Scowen (British). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 22 x 27.8 cm (8 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.24 title: Rubber Tree, Assam, India (Ficus Elastica) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c.1880s creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: 1889 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 * Charles T. Scowen (British) - artist Charles T. Scowen British, active 1870s-1890s Charles Scowen was one of a number of British photographers active in India and its environs during the 19th century. Arriving in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the early 1870s, Scowen had by 1876 established a studio, Scowen & Co., in Kandy. By the 1890s he had opened a second in Colombo. His work, which included landscapes and portraits of Malay women, is noted for its lighting, technically superior printing, and strong compositional qualities. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 22 x 27.8 cm (8 11/16 x 10 15/16 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 in negative: "FICUS ELASTICA--ASSAM--INDIA--RUBBER. SCOWEN / & / CO"; written in pencil on recto: "Rubber Tree" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 13-November 27, 1994).', 'opening_date': '1994-09-13T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- 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. 216 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.24/1993.24_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.24/1993.24_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.24/1993.24_full.tif