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
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creation date:			c. 1860
creation date earliest:		1855
creation date latest:		1865
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creditline:			Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	tintype, sixth-plate in full case
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
	opening date:   2016-10-22T04:00:00
	<i>Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, New York, NY
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 1, 2003
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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 <em>Young Woman with Pantalettes,</em> 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.
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