id:			157424
accession number:	1994.279
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.279
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:19.368000

Mount Washington, Massachusetts, July 22, 1890, 1890. Robert Stuart Redfield (American, 1849–1923). Platinum print; image: 19.3 x 24.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.279

title:				Mount Washington, Massachusetts, July 22, 1890
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creation date:			1890
creation date earliest:		1890
creation date latest:		1890
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Robert Stuart Redfield (American, 1849–1923)  - artist
Robert Stuart Redfield American, 1849-1923

Robert Stuart Redfield was a strong advocate of photography as a fine art during the turn-of-the-century debate on that subject. Born in New York and reared in Philadelphia, he belonged to a scientific family. In the 1860s, Redfield was first introduced to photography by Coleman Sellers, Constant Guilloû (the first president of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia), and a friendly professional named Hemphill, but did not undertake the new medium seriously until the appearance of dry plates in 1881. He also became an active member of the photographic society (serving as secretary, editor, and later president) and was instrumental in its exhibitions and salons, whose jury system sought to narrow the field of participants and raise the quality of the work shown.
	Redfield's work is often naturalistic in style and carefully crafted, similar in technique to that of Peter Henry Emerson and in artistic tone to the compositions and subjects of Winslow Homer. He knew and worked with Alfred Stieglitz and was a member of the Photo-Secession's original council. Stieglitz and F. Holland Day included his work in their exhibitions on new American photography organized by each around the turn of the century. Redfield's later work includes family portraits and genre scenes taken in Cape Cod and Wayne, Pennsylvania. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 19.3 x 24.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in ink on recto of mount: "R.S. Redfield [signed] / #1481 Mount Washington, Mass, July 22, 1890"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-06-24T00:00:00
	<i>Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/24/07 - 9/16/07); "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art", no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '2007-06-24T00:00:00'}

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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. 272
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.279/1994.279_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.279/1994.279_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1994.279/1994.279_full.tif