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Unknown Artist — Study of Orchids

Unknown Artist

Study of Orchids

1870

Employing photography's capacity for scientific observation, this botanical study demonstrates the medium's early use in natural history documentation and artistic still life composition.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative

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Unknown Artist, Study of Orchids, 1870

Employing photography's capacity for scientific observation, this botanical study demonstrates the medium's early use in natural history documentation and artistic still life composition.

Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Year
1870
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Naturalistic, Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Botanical, Scientific, Unknown, Delicate, Victorian Era, Flowers

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago