The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 14, 2024

Portrait of a Man and His Dog

Portrait of a Man and His Dog

c. 1880
(Turkish, 1823–1886)
Image: 9.4 x 5.8 cm (3 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.); Paper: 10.2 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Born in Constantinople to a Syrian father and Armenian mother, Sébah opened a photography studio there in either the late 1850s or ’60s. This carte de visite, a small, inexpensive photographic format developed in France and meant to be left as a calling card or collected, attests to the rapid and potent global spread of photographic technology, formats, and conventions in the mid-1800s.
  • BIG: Photographs from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 12-October 9, 2016).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of a Man and His Dog|url=false|author=Pascal Sébah|year=c. 1880|access-date=14 October 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.28