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About the Artwork
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.
Provenance
?-2004: (Vintage Works, Ltd. Fine Photography, Chalfont, PA) 2004–21: William S. and Margaret Lipscomb, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH December 6, 2021: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Dr. John Murray (Scottish, 1809–1898)
- Date
- 1865
- Medium
- waxed paper negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 38 x 48.2 cm (14 15/16 x 19 in.); Paper: 38 x 48.2 cm (14 15/16 x 19 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
- Accession no.
- 2021.206
More by Dr. John Murray in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00012752
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