id: 159902 accession number: 1997.193 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.193 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:33.182000 View of the Capitol Stairs, Rome, 1846. Calvert Richard Jones (British, 1804–1877). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 16.6 x 22 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.); paper: 18.2 x 23 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1997.193 title: View of the Capitol Stairs, Rome title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1846 creation date earliest: 1846 creation date latest: 1846 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: salted paper print from calotype negative department: Photography collection: PH - British 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Calvert Richard Jones (British, 1804–1877) - artist Reverend Calvert Richard Jones, Jr. British, b. Wales, 1804-1877 Calvert Jones was part of the circle of Welsh amateur photographers that emerged around John Dillwyn Llewelyn and were strongly influenced by William Henry Fox Talbot. Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, Jones returned to Wales in 1829 after his ordination to serve as rector of Loughor near his native town of Swansea. A man of varied interests, including mathematics, music, and painting, he was introduced to photography by Welsh members of Talbot's family. In 1845, after lessons and practical experience in calotyping with Talbot in Britain, Jones embarked on a trip to Malta and Italy, during which he produced a number of views. On his return, he sent 22 small calotypes and 102 larger ones to Talbot, who sold them on commission. Jones's training in art, especially marine painting, lends his images considerable confidence of composition, tone, and scale. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 16.6 x 22 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Paper: 18.2 x 23 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in negative: "19(?). View of the Capitol Stairs. Rome."; written in graphite on verso: "Rome/x2667"; in black ink on verso: "LA396" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major European Porcelain Crucifix, Pre-Columbian Figure, and Other Works Added to CMA Collection,” December 3, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4165 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.193/1997.193_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.193/1997.193_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.193/1997.193_full.tif