id:			172532
accession number:	2015.32.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.32.a
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:46.128000

Untitled (recto), 1880s. Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860–1920), Charles T. Scowen (British). Albumen print, gold-toned; image: 20.2 x 26.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.); mounted: 27.8 x 37.9 cm (10 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.); secondary image: 20.5 x 26.3 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2015.32.a

title:				Untitled (recto)
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1880s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1889
current location:		
creditline:			Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	Albumen print, gold-toned
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860–1920)  - artist
Commercial photographer active in Ceylon (1860-1903).
* Charles T. Scowen (British)  - artist
Charles T. Scowen British, active 1870s-1890s

Charles Scowen was one of a number of British photographers active in India and its environs during the 19th century. Arriving in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the early 1870s, Scowen had by 1876 established a studio, Scowen & Co., in Kandy. By the 1890s he had opened a second in Colombo. His work, which included landscapes and portraits of Malay women, is noted for its lighting, technically superior printing, and strong compositional qualities. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 20.2 x 26.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 27.8 x 37.9 cm (10 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Secondary image: 20.5 x 26.3 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on mount with the image of the posed people: "6"
Written in pencil on mount with image of oxen: "7"
Written in pencil on verso of mat: "W.L.H. Skeen (1860-1900)/CEYLON, 1880s/gold-toned albumen print/1700 (Euros) 135 x 260 mm"

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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

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.32.a/2015.32.a_full.tif