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Unknown Artist — Black Horseman in Front of a Doorway

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Black Horseman in Front of a Doorway

1855

Employing the wet collodion negative process, this atmospheric scene captures both architectural detail and human presence, demonstrating early photography's potential for narrative composition.

Medium
salt print from wet collodion negative

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Unknown Artist, Black Horseman in Front of a Doorway, 1855

Employing the wet collodion negative process, this atmospheric scene captures both architectural detail and human presence, demonstrating early photography's potential for narrative composition.

Medium
salt print from wet collodion negative
Year
1855
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Figure, Documentary, Photograph, Salt Print, Historical, Unknown, Doorway, Architecture

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago