id:			157108
accession number:	1993.24
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.24
updated:		2023-11-29 19:05:27.061000

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)
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creation date:			c.1880s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1889
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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

* 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.
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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.)
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	inscription:	Titled in negative: "FICUS ELASTICA--ASSAM--INDIA--RUBBER. SCOWEN / & / CO"; written in pencil on recto: "Rubber Tree"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 13-November 27, 1994).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 216
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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.24/1993.24_full.tif