id:			159970
accession number:	1997.240
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.240
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:33.566000

Avondale, c. 1885. Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925). Albumen print from glass negative; image: 11.3 x 19.7 cm (4 7/16 x 7 3/4 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1997.240

title:				Avondale
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creation date:			c. 1885
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1890
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	albumen print from glass negative
department:	Photography
collection:	Photography
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Louise Deshong Woodbridge (American, 1848–1925)  - artist
Louise Deshong Woodbridge American, 1848-1925

A socially prominent woman who lived in Chester, Pennsylvania, Louise Woodbridge took up photography in 1884 under the tutelage of fellow photographers and friends John G. Bullock, Robert Stuart Redfield, and Henry Troth. She and her husband, Jonathan Edwards Woodbridge, were avid supporters of the arts and sciences. Their cultural affiliations included the Arts Alliance, the Atlantic Union, the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, the Museum School of Art and Industry, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the University Museum of Science and Art.
	Woodbridge's work, naturalist in style, was shown in 1893 at the Sixth Joint Annual Exhibition of Photography in Philadelphia and at the World Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. Her interest in science led her to found a series of lectures, "Afternoons with Science," which were delivered in Chester for some 25 years on a variety of topics, including history, botany, and evolution. Noted for her clarity of vision and lack of artifice, Woodbridge continued to photograph subjects for the upper classes in New England until 1915. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 11.3 x 19.7 cm (4 7/16 x 7 3/4 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
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	inscription:	in graphite, on recto: "Avondale"; initialed in gold pigment: "LDW"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-06-24T00:00:00
	<i>Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-September 16, 2007).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (6/24/07 - 9/16/07); "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art", no exhibition catalogue.', 'opening_date': '2007-06-24T00:00:00'}

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