id:			159641
accession number:	1996.355
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.355
updated:		2019-11-18 12:03:17.595000

Deck Scene of the Great Eastern, 1857. Robert Howlett (British, 1831-1858). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 28.4 x 36 cm (11 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.355

title:				Deck Scene of the Great Eastern
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creation date:			1857
creation date earliest:		1857
creation date latest:		1857
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Robert Howlett (British, 1831-1858)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 28.4 x 36 cm (11 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
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	inscription:	Written on verso of mount in pencil: "109"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1997-11-16T00:00:00
	<i>Industry and Photography: Selections from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 16, 1997-March 1, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 11/16/97 - 3/1/98.  "Industry and Photography:  Selections from the Permanent Collection."

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wall description: 
A leading professional photographer of the mid-1850s, Robert Howlett is best known for his extended group of photographs documenting the construction and launching of the Great Eastern steamship.  Designed by one of the greatest engineers of his time, I.K. Brunel, the Great Eastern took over four years to construct and, because of its immense size, an unprecedented three months to launch.  For over forty years, the Great Eastern was the largest steamship ever constructed and it became a symbol of Great Britain's national pride and industrial supremacy.  In this image, Howlett has captured the steamship's deck in the midst of construction while laborer's stand idly in the background and gentleman and engineers seem to confer in the foreground.
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