id: 158125 accession number: 1995.199.5.d share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.5.d updated: 2024-04-05 11:03:13.788000 Camera Work: 'Midst Stream and Smoke, 1904. Prescott Adamson (American, 1866–1933). Photogravure; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum Appropriation 1995.199.5.d title: Camera Work: 'Midst Stream and Smoke title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1904 creation date earliest: 1904 creation date latest: 1904 current location: creditline: Museum Appropriation copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: photogravure department: Photography collection: PH - Photogravure type: Bound Volume find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Prescott Adamson (American, 1866–1933) - artist Prescott Adamson American, 1866-1933 Possibly born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, Prescott Adamson lived in Philadelphia from 1897-1911, where he worked as a business manager. As a photographer, he was active in the Photo-Secession, his work appearing in both Camera Notes and Camera Work. From the late 1890s into the early 1900s, Adamson exhibited not only in Pennsylvania but also in salons in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other U.S. cities, as well as in England and Italy. He was a member of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia and, in 1900, gave at least two lectures to the group, one on platinotype toning and another on lantern slides. T.W.F. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES