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accession number:	2019.101
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Gloucester Cathedral from the Southeast, c. 1880s-90s. Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943). Platinum print; image and paper: 13.8 x 10.8 cm (5 7/16 x 4 1/4 in.); primary mount: 16.3 x 12.6 cm (6 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.); secondary mount: 32.6 x 25.9 cm (12 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Arielle Kozloff Brodkey in memory of Dr. Jerald S. Brodkey 2019.101

title:				Gloucester Cathedral from the Southeast
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creation date:			c. 1880s-90s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of Arielle Kozloff Brodkey in memory of Dr. Jerald S. Brodkey
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	platinum print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Frederick H. Evans (British, 1853–1943)  - artist
Frederick H. Evans British, 1853-1943

Born in Whitechapel, London, Frederick Evans was the preeminent architectural photographer of his day, known particularly for his views of British cathedrals. He was also known for portraiture, with sitters such as George Bernard Shaw and Aubrey Beardsley.
	Originally a London bookseller, Evans retired in 1898 to devote himself full-time to photography. He was a passionate devotee of straight, or pure, photography. His elegant, unaltered platinum prints relied on form and light to probe the spiritual elements of architectural space and to reveal the character and nuance of the subjects of his portraits. Evans, who exhibited his work widely, extended his aesthetic beliefs to the realm of display; he is credited with transforming British exhibition practice -- the crowded Victorian salon giving way to a venue where prints were shown singly and clearly, out of competition with one another.
	Alfred Stieglitz was a great admirer of Evans's work, which was published in Camera Work (1903) and shown at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in New York (1906). A member of the Royal Photographic Society, Evans was named an Honorary Fellow in 1925 and was elected to the Linked Ring in 1900. T.W.F.
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measurements: image and paper: 13.8 x 10.8 cm (5 7/16 x 4 1/4 in.); Primary mount: 16.3 x 12.6 cm (6 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.); Secondary mount: 32.6 x 25.9 cm (12 13/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Embossed in lower right on recto of primary mount: “FHE”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil in lower left on recto of secondary mount: “GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL-FROM THE SOUTH EAST”
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	inscription:	Ex-Libris label adhered to verso of secondary mount: “Ex Libris/Frederick H. Evans/Let those who/hold the torch/hand it on to/others”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “400.-“
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Halsted Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
	date: 1975
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	Arielle Kozloff Brodkey and Dr. Jerald S. Brodkey, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1975-2014
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	Arielle Kozloff Brodkey, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2014-2019
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: June 3, 2019
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web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.101/2019.101_web.jpg
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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.101/2019.101_full.tif