id:			449528
accession number:	2021.206
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.206
updated:		2023-08-24 01:47:58.155000

Simla, 1865. Dr. John Murray (Scottish, 1809–1898). Waxed paper negative; image: 38 x 48.2 cm (14 15/16 x 19 in.); paper: 38 x 48.2 cm (14 15/16 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb 2021.206

title:				Simla
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creation date:			1865
creation date earliest:		1865
creation date latest:		1865
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creditline:			Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
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culture:	England
technique:	waxed paper negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - British 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Dr. John Murray (Scottish, 1809–1898)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 38 x 48.2 cm (14 15/16 x 19 in.); Paper: 38 x 48.2 cm (14 15/16 x 19 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Vintage Works, Ltd. Fine Photography, Chalfont, PA)
	date: ?-2004
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	William S. and Margaret Lipscomb, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2004–21
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 6, 2021
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fun fact:
Simla, a town in the Himalayan foothills, became the summer capital of British colonial India in 1864.

digital description:
Before digital photography, most cameras yielded a negative, an image in which the tones are the reverse of those in the original subject. Early photographers shot on sheets of paper that were waxed to make them more translucent, then coated with a light-sensitive solution and exposed in the camera. To create a positive image, light was passed through the negative onto light-sensitive paper, which was developed in a series of chemical baths to create the print.

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.206/2021.206_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.206/2021.206_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.206/2021.206_full.tif