id: 162785 accession number: 2003.303 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.303 updated: 2022-01-07 22:55:09.558000 Two Men Staging a Fight in a Studio, c. 1860. America, 19th century. Tintype, sixth-plate in full case; case: 6.7 x 8 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.); matted: 61 x 48.3 cm (24 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 2003.303 title: Two Men Staging a Fight in a Studio title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1860 creation date earliest: 1855 creation date latest: 1865 current location: creditline: Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: tintype, sixth-plate in full case department: Photography collection: PH - American 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Case: 6.7 x 8 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.); Matted: 61 x 48.3 cm (24 x 19 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century opening date: 2016-10-22T04:00:00 Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, New York, NY date: footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: December 1, 2003 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Although portrait sittings were directed by the photographer, sitters had some input in shaping their identities by choosing their pose, clothing, possessions, and sometimes backdrop. People came to the studio dressed in their finest outfits, and they often brought objects to represent their interests or occupation, such as the tuning fork held by the music teacher. Hand painting could draw attention to luxury items, as in Young Woman with Pantalettes, where her jewelry is dabbed with gold paint and the lacy cuffs of her pantalettes are enhanced with white paint. Most people had only a few photographs made during their lifetimes; therefore, they were often used to mark rites of passage such as graduation and marriage. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.303/2003.303_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.303/2003.303_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.303/2003.303_full.tif