Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00013081Gorge de la Nouvelle Route des Eaux-Chaudes
by John Stewart
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. John Stewart photographed the road that ran through the mountains to the village of Eaux-Chaudes. The town, a tourist destination since the late 1500s, had hot springs reputed to have healing waters. The road had just been built in 1849. It greatly eased access to Eaux-Chaudes and offered dramatic views.
Provenance
?-2021: Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY June 7, 2021: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Stewart (British, 1800–1887)
- Date
- c. 1851
- Medium
- salt print from a waxed paper negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 26.7 x 21.6 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg
- Accession no.
- 2021.68
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