Tank and Temples at Bunshunkuree

Inscriptions

Written in negative: [unclear signature ?]; in pencil: "Col. Biggs"

Exhibition history

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Quick Overview

Artist: Col. Thomas Biggs (British, 1822–1905)
Date: c. 1857
Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 26.7 x 39.4 cm (10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: Gift of Charles Isaacs in honor of Evan H. Turner
Accession no.: 1992.221

Provenance

(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY) October 19, 1992: 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.