id: 157683 accession number: 1995.180.a share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.180.a updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:20.763000 Road to Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees (recto), c. 1855. Farnham Maxwell Lyte (British, 1828–1906). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 28.1 x 21.1 cm (11 1/16 x 8 5/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Paula and Robert Hershkowitz in memory of Sam Wagstaff 1995.180.a title: Road to Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees (recto) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1855 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1860 current location: creditline: Gift of Paula and Robert Hershkowitz in memory of Sam Wagstaff copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative department: Photography collection: Photography type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Farnham Maxwell Lyte (British, 1828–1906) - artist Farnham Maxwell Lyte British, 1828-1906 Although his birthplace and deathplace was London, Farnham Maxwell Lyte spent most of his life in France. He moved first to Luz and later to the southwestern town of Pau, where he encountered the group of photographers, including John Stewart and Jean-Jacques Heilmann, who worked in that area. All his known views are of the Pyrenees. Lyte was responsible for several technical innovations, including a technique for printing skies, improved methods of working with collodion and waxed paper, and a process he called metagelatin, which was adopted by several of his peers. He helped to found the Société française de photographie and was a member of the Photographic Society of Great Britain. Lyte exhibited frequently in the 1850s-60s, receiving several international medals and awards for his work. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 28.1 x 21.1 cm (11 1/16 x 8 5/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in ink on recto: "Road to Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees"; in pencil on recto: "Lyte" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- 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. 226 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.180.a/1995.180.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.180.a/1995.180.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.180.a/1995.180.a_full.tif