id: 157428
accession number: 1994.280
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.280
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Edwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884, 1884. Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925). Albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative; image: 11.5 x 19.4 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1994.280
title: Edwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884
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creation date: 1884
creation date earliest: 1884
creation date latest: 1884
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: America, 19th century
technique: albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative
department: Photography
collection: Photography
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925) - artist
Louise Deshong Woodbridge American, 1848-1925
A socially prominent woman who lived in Chester, Pennsylvania, Louise Woodbridge took up photography in 1884 under the tutelage of fellow photographers and friends John G. Bullock, Robert Stuart Redfield, and Henry Troth. She and her husband, Jonathan Edwards Woodbridge, were avid supporters of the arts and sciences. Their cultural affiliations included the Arts Alliance, the Atlantic Union, the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, the Museum School of Art and Industry, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the University Museum of Science and Art.
Woodbridge's work, naturalist in style, was shown in 1893 at the Sixth Joint Annual Exhibition of Photography in Philadelphia and at the World Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Her interest in science led her to found a series of lectures, "Afternoons with Science," which were delivered in Chester for some 25 years on a variety of topics, including history, botany, and evolution. Noted for her clarity of vision and lack of artifice, Woodbridge continued to photograph subjects for the upper classes in New England until 1915. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 11.5 x 19.4 cm (4 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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inscription: Written in pencil on recto: "20"; in pencil on verso: "Aug 6th 1884. Edwin Booth's Boat House / Near Newport. Aug 6th AM"
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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
Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007); Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (October 3, 2009-January 3, 2010).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/24/07 - 9/16/07) and Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittburgh, PA (10/3/2009 - 1/3/2010); "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
Estate of the Artist
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 399
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