Untitled (recto); Untitled (verso)

1880s

Skeen & Co.

Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860–1920)

Photography

Untitled (recto); Untitled (verso), 1880s. Skeen & Co. (British, active 1860–1920), Charles T. Scowen (British). Albumen print, gold-toned; image: 20.2 x 26.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.); mounted: 27.8 x 37.9 cm (10 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.); secondary image: 20.5 x 26.3 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2015.32

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Skeen & Co.
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: Albumen print, gold-toned
Medium: albumen, print, gold-toned
Dimensions: Image: 20.2 x 26.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Mounted: 27.8 x 37.9 cm (10 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.); Secondary image: 20.5 x 26.3 cm (8 1/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in pencil on mount with the image of the posed people: "6" Written in pencil on mount with image of oxen: "7" Written in pencil on verso of mat: "W.L.H. Skeen (1860-1900)/CEYLON, 1880s/gold-toned albumen print/1700 (Euros) 135 x 260 mm"
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2015.32
Credit Line: Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer
Exhibitions: Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
Rights Statement: CC0