id: 159031
accession number: 1995.237
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Dolmen, Cap del Puetch, Ariège, France, c. 1865–69. Arthur A. Taylor (French, active 1850–d. 1873). G. Arosa et Cie process print from waxed paper negative; image: 33.1 x 24.7 cm (13 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.); matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.237
title: Dolmen, Cap del Puetch, Ariège, France
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creation date: c. 1865–69
creation date earliest: 1865
creation date latest: 1869
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: G. Arosa et Cie process print from waxed paper negative
department: Photography
collection: PH - French 19th Century
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Arthur A. Taylor (French, active 1850–d. 1873) - artist
Arthur A. Taylor French, b. Britain, d. 1873 An engineer by profession, Arthur A. Taylor was a major photographic innovator and supporter in the south of France. Although born in Britain, Taylor was the son of the leading industrialist in Marseilles during the second half of the 19th century, and this was the city where he would spend his entire career. Taylor was a founding member and active supporter of the Société marseillaise de photographie. Active from 1850-73, he took photographs in city parks and the surrounding countryside, as well as in Ariège and Seine-et-Oise. His invention of a portable camera and an exposure meter were undoubtedly helpful for these landscape excursions. Taylor worked with the publishing establishment G. Arosa et Cie. in Saint-Cloud to produce ink-based prints made from photographs according to Arosa's unique process. This type of print is likely made from a shellac base, for Taylor wrote several articles for British and American photographic journals on a shellac printing process in 1866-67 and introduced the process to the Société française de photographie in 1869. K.L.C.
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measurements: Image: 33.1 x 24.7 cm (13 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2005-02-26T00:00:00
Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 26-June 16, 2005).
title: France at the Dawn of Photography
opening date: 2009-10-04T00:00:00
France at the Dawn of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 26 - June 16, 2005 . "Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art".
* The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/04/2009 - 01/24/2010); "France at the Dawn of Photography"
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PROVENANCE
Marc Pagneux, Paris
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A British-born photographer, Taylor lived in Marseille and became a member of the Société Française de Photographie in 1860. Taking photographs in city parks and the surrounding countryside, as well as in Ariège and Seine-et-Oise, he often worked with the establishment G. Arosa et Cie in Saint-Cloud to produce his ink-based prints made from photographs according to the publisher’s unique process. This print is likely made from a shellac base, for Taylor wrote several articles for British and American photographic journals on a shellac printing process in 1866 and 1867. After printing, the images would be mounted onto a heavy card stock and sold to be collected in albums. Here, the subject, a dolmen, or Neolithic tomb, reflects 19th-century interest in distant history and early monuments.
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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. 356
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IMAGES
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print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.237/1995.237_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.237/1995.237_full.tif