october 4–december 28, 2003
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Count Olympe Aguado
French, 1827-1894
Tree in the Bois de Boulogne
1856
Waxed paper negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
12 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches (32.7 x 28.6 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Count Olympe Aguado
French, 1827-1894
Tree in the Bois de Boulogne
1856
Modern salted paper print from paper negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
23 1/16 x 18 7/8 inches (58.5 x 48 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Jean-Baptiste Frénet
French, 1814-1889
Young Woman Seated in a Garden
c. 1855-60
Waxed salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
9 x 6 5/8 inches (22.9 x 16.9 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Marville
French, 1816-c. 1879
Arc de Triomphe, from Paris Photographique
c. 1852
Salted paper print from paper negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
8 15/16 x 12 5/8 inches (22.7 x 32 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Claude-Marie Ferrier
French, 1811-1889
The Seine, Paris
1852
Salted paper print from albumen-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
9 x 11 7/8 inches (22.86 x 30.17 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Marville
French, 1816-c. 1879
Landscape in the Bois de Boulogne
1858
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
9 7/8 x 14 1/8 inches (25.1 x 35.9 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Nègre
French, 1820-1880
Sculpture of Arria and Poetus, Tuileries Garden
1859
Salted paper print from albumen-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
17 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (43.82 x 36.83 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Nègre
French, 1820-1880
Still Life with Game
c. 1855
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
17 1/8 x 13 15/16 (43.5 x 35.4 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Entrance to the Port, Boulogne
1855
Salted paper print from paper negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
10 x 16 inches (25.4 x 40.64 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Gustave Le Gray
French, 1820-1882
The Breaking Wave, Sète
1857
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
15 15/16 x 12 1/8 inches (40.5 x 30.8 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Gustave Le Gray
French, 1820-1882
Brig on the Water
1856
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
12 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches (32.07 x 41.28 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Marville
French, 1816-c. 1879
Cloud Study, Paris
1856
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
8 1/4 x 6 inches (21 x 15.3 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)
French, 1820-1910
Skull-lined Walls in the Catacombs of Paris
1862
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
A Decade of Progress: French Photography, 1850-60
9 1/16 x 7 9/16 inches (23 x 19.2 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Self-Portrait, Tuileries Garden
c. 1856
Albumenized salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
6 11/16 x 7 1/2 inches (17 x 19.1 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
The Tower at the Château de La Faloise
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative, with retouching in ink
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
13 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (33.34 x 26.99 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Group Portrait at the Château de La Faloise
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
11 x 15 inches (27.8 x 38.2 cm)
Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Château de La Faloise, Late Morning
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative, with retouching in graphite
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
12 1/16 x 15 3/4 inches (30.7 x 40 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Château de La Faloise, Late Afternoon
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
11 5/8 x 16 9/16 inches (29.5 x 42 cm)
Private collection, New York
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Garden Façade of the Château de La Faloise
1856
Albumenized salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
11 x 15 3/4 inches (27.9 x 40 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
View from the Château de La Faloise
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
12 3/8 x 16 15/16 inches (31.4 x 43 cm)
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Footbridge at La Faloise
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
11 3/8 x 16 1/8 inches (29 x 40.8 cm)
Musée d?Orsay, Paris. Gift of the Kodak-Pathé Foundation
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Footbridge at La Faloise
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
11 1/4 x 16 7/16 inches (28.57 x 41.75 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with funds contributed by the American Museum of Photography
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Group on the Riverbank
1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
10 1/8 x 14 3/8 inches (25.7 x 36.5 cm)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
NULL
NULL
Three postcards of the Château de La Faloise
c. 1900
Published by Cartoux-Vimeux, Breteuil
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
Each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (8.9 x 13.9 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
NULL
NULL
Three Views of the Château de La Faloise
2000
Photographs by James A. Ganz
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
NULL
NULL
Frédéric Bourgeois de Mercey
NULL
Studies on the Fine Arts (Études sur les beaux-arts)
NULL
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1855
Baldus at the Château de La Faloise
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 13.5 cm)
Library of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
David Octavius Hill
Scottish, 1802-1870, and Robert Adamson, Scottish, 1821-1848
Group Portrait at Bonaly Towers with Lord Cockburn and His Family
1847
Salted paper print from paper negative
Open-Air Portraiture
6 x 7 15/16 inches (15.2 x 20.2 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Roger Fenton
English, 1819-1869
Group at Dunkeld Cathedral
1856
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
12 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches (32.4 x 42.5 cm)
H. H. Richardson Collection, Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge
Charles Nègre
French, 1820-1880
Self-Portrait
c. 1851-53
Salted paper print from paper negative
Open-Air Portraiture
5 15/16 x 4 5/8 inches (15.1 x 11.8 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Nègre
French, 1820-1880
Henri Le Secq and Seated Photographer in Charles Nègre?s Courtyard
c. 1850-53
Salted paper print from paper negative
Open-Air Portraiture
8 x 6 inches (20.4 x 15.3 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Stone Bench with Three Men, Tuileries Garden
c. 1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
7 x 7 1/2 inches (17.8 x 19 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Stone Bench with Two Boys, Tuileries Garden
c. 1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
6 3/4 x 7 3/16 inches (17.1 x 18.2 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Decorative Vase with Seated Man, Tuileries Garden
c. 1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
8 13/16 x 5 7/8 inches (22.4 x 14.9 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Édouard Baldus
French, 1813-1889
Statue of Pericles with Standing Man, Tuileries Garden
c. 1856
Salted paper print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
9 3/4 x 5 inches (24.7 x 12.7 cm)
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Nègre
French, 1820-1880
Lord Brougham and His Family at the Villa Eléonore-Louise, Cannes
1862
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
10 9/16 x 13 3/8 inches (26.8 x 34 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Marville
French, 1816-c. 1879
Bagatelle, from Bagatelle until 1870
c. 1860
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
9 7/16 x 14 1/16 inches (23.9 x 35.7 cm)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Charles Marville
French, 1816-c. 1879
Gatehouse at Bagatelle, from Bagatelle until 1870
c. 1860
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
9 5/8 x 14 3/16 inches (24.4 x 36 cm)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Charles Marville
French, 1816-c. 1879
Terrace at Bagatelle, from Bagatelle until 1870
c. 1860
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
10 1/8 x 14 3/8 inches (25.7 x 36.5 cm)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Charles Marville
French, 1816-c. 1879
No. 32, Corner of the rue des Rondeaux, Paris
c. 1865
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
10 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches (26.04 x 36.51 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Camille Silvy
French, 1834-1910
Frontispiece from Orleans House Fête Champêtre Album
1864
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
8 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches (21.27 x 24.45 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Camille Silvy
French, 1834-1910
General View of Orleans House
1864
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
4 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (11.11 x 17.15 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Camille Silvy
French, 1834-1910
View of the Gardens during the Fête
1864
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
4 7/16 x 6 inches (11.11 x 15.24 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Camille Silvy
French, 1834-1910
The Stalls
1864
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
4 x 7 inches (10.16 x 17.78 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Camille Silvy
French, 1834-1910
M. Silvy?s Studio
1864
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
4 x 7 inches (10.16 x 17.78 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Camille Silvy
French, 1834-1910
M. Jullien?s Orchestra
1864
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
4 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches (11.75 x 17.15 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Camille Silvy
French, 1834-1910
The Duchess of St. Alban?s Stall, with Group of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke d?Aumale, the Count d?Eu, and the Duke d?Alençon
1864
Albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative
Open-Air Portraiture
4 x 5 5/8 inches (10.16 x 14.29 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Anonymous Anonymous
French, active 1850s
Painters and Photographers in the Forest of Barbizon
c. 1853
Salted paper print from paper negative, with hand coloring
Open-Air Portraiture
4 7/16 x 4 15/16 inches (11.30 x 12.60 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Charles Nègre
French, 1820-1880
Mother and Four Children in a Garden
c. 1850-52
Salted paper print from paper negative
Open-Air Portraiture
5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (14.8 x 19.8 cm)
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
J. M. W. Turner
NULL
?Now for the Painter,? (Rope.) Passengers Going on Board
Exhibited 1827
Oil on canvas
NULL
67 x 88 in. (170.2 x 223.5 cm)
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Self-Portrait, Tuileries Garden (detail)
c. 1856
Collection of the Troob Family Foundation, Williamstown, Massachusetts