id: 159031 accession number: 1995.237 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.237 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:28.208000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1865–69 creation date earliest: 1865 creation date latest: 1869 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: G. Arosa et Cie process print from waxed paper negative department: Photography collection: PH - French 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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. --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: none translation: remark: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 26 - June 16, 2005 . "Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art".', 'opening_date': '2005-02-26T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/04/2009 - 01/24/2010); "France at the Dawn of Photography"', 'opening_date': '2009-10-04T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Marc Pagneux, Paris date: footnotes: citations: --- 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. 356 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.237/1995.237_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.237/1995.237_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.237/1995.237_full.tif