The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 21, 2023

Ajinta Cave No. 19

1850s-1870s

Francis Frith & Co.

(British)

England, 19th century

Albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 20.6 x 16 cm (8 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.); Mounted: 35.5 x 26.5 cm (14 x 10 7/16 in.)

Purchased with funds donated by Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Barbara Timmer 2015.36

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Albumen print from wet collodion negative Printed in red on recto of mount: "A.8." Written in black on recto of mount: "Ajinta Cave 19 Carvings" Written in pencil on recto of mount: "A" Written in pencil on recto of mount: "1000" Written in pencil on verso of mount: "8166/6"

Francis Frith & Co.

Francis Frith & Co. (British firm operating 1850s to 1980s)
Provenance
Francois Gonzalez (ArtPhot), Brussels, Belgium (Purchased from his booth at the Photovintage fair at the Galerie Vivienne, Paris, November 16, 2014 (receipt incorrectly gives date as October 16, 2104).
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.36