id:			157119
accession number:	1993.25
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.25
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:17.672000

Falls of Niagara, 1860s. Alexander Henderson (Canadian, 1831–1913). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 19 x 24.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.25

title:				Falls of Niagara
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creation date:			1860s
creation date earliest:		1860
creation date latest:		1869
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Canada
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Alexander Henderson (Canadian, 1831–1913)  - artist
Alexander Henderson Canadian, b. Scotland, 1831-1913

Alexander Henderson, originally an amateur of independent means, came to Canada in 1855 and was the first North American member of the Stereoscopic Exchange Club. In the mid-1860s he became a professional photographer, exhibiting in the 1865 Dublin International Exhibition. He issued several made-to-order albums entitled Canadian Views and Studies, Photographed from Nature.
	Henderson's works possess some pictorial qualities, and his best examples suggest a strong sense of time and space. In 1885 he accepted a commission from the Canadian Pacific Railway to photograph scenes in the Canadian West. He remained with the company, and in the early 1890s served as manager of the photography department of the Canadian Pacific in Montreal. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 19 x 24.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in ink on photo: "Niagara"; in negative: "A Henderson / [negative number obscured by spotting]"; in ink on recto of mount: "Falls of Niagara"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection
	opening date:   2000-08-12T00:00:00
	<i>Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12, 2000-January 3, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, September 13 - November 27, 1994: "Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, Photographs," no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '1994-09-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 12, 2000 - January 3, 2001.  "Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum\'s Collection."', 'opening_date': '2000-08-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

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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. 195
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.25/1993.25_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.25/1993.25_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1993.25/1993.25_full.tif