Daniel Maclise (1806-1870)
Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 28.1 × 24.5 cm · matted: 55.9 × 45.7 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
James Parmelee Fund
Accession Number
1994.19
Tags
About this artwork
Depicting artists alongside one of their creations, a format borrowed from painting, identifies their occupation and advertises their abilities. Price, a noted painter, had a short but significant photography career between 1854 and 1862. Around 1858, he produced a portfolio of photographs of a dozen eminent British painters, including Irish historical painter Daniel Maclise. Emphasizing their professional status, he posed them in fine clothing amid the tools of their trade, including props and ...