Road to Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees (recto)

About the Artwork

The town of Pau, in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, was a popular vacation spot for British tourists and one of several centers for photography in France in the 1850s. Farnham Maxwell Lyte, who lived in Pau, photographed the road that ran through the mountains to the village of Eaux-Chaudes with its popular hot springs. The road had just been built in 1849. It greatly eased access to Eaux-Chaudes and offered dramatic views.

Inscriptions

Written in ink on recto: "Road to Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees"; in pencil on recto: "Lyte"

Exhibition history

France in the Time of Manet and Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-August 23, 2026).

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: Farnham Maxwell Lyte (British, 1828–1906)
Date: c. 1855
Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 28.1 x 21.1 cm (11 1/16 x 8 5/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: Gift of Paula and Robert Hershkowitz in memory of Sam Wagstaff
Accession no.: 1995.180.a

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