id:			386331
accession number:	2020.233
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.233
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:29.272000

Untitled (View on the Praya, looking east, Hong Kong), 1866–73. William Pryor Floyd (British, 1834–c. 1900). Albumen print; image: 19.2 x 26.9 cm (7 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.); paper: 19.2 x 26.9 cm (7 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.); mounted: 25.5 x 26.9 cm (10 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Art - Photography Fund 2020.233

title:				Untitled (View on the Praya, looking east, Hong Kong)
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creation date:			1866–73
creation date earliest:		1866
creation date latest:		1873
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creditline:			Sundry Art - Photography Fund
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culture:	England, 19th century
technique:	albumen print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* William Pryor Floyd (British, 1834–c. 1900)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 19.2 x 26.9 cm (7 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Paper: 19.2 x 26.9 cm (7 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.); Mounted: 25.5 x 26.9 cm (10 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Alexander Young Herries [1827-1918]
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	(Pump Park Vintage Photography, Co. Down, Ireland)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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fun fact:
Praya, a term used in colonial Hong Kong for the road by the waterfront, came from the Portuguese word <em>praia</em>, which means "beach."

digital description:
Floyd’s views of Hong Kong possess a clarity of organization and elegance lacking in most of his competitors’ photographs. The row of white, Western-style commercial buildings divides the composition horizontally into thirds. In the foreground are water and a single Chinese boat that leads the eye to the closest building. The crisp cubic forms of the buildings stand out against the uniformly dark hillside that serves as their backdrop.

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.233/2020.233_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.233/2020.233_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.233/2020.233_full.tif