Cleveland Museum of Art
Man on a Horse
NadarLinkedCulture matchlcp-9db2a841a56d
- Date
- c. 1860s
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 159599
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Nadar attempted a few such portraits in the 1860s including this one showing a gentleman astride his mount. The genre of equestrian portraiture dates back to classical Greek and Roman antiquity, when it was used to depict rulers and suggest power and status. The photographic equipment of the 1860s required a long exposure; it was hard to get a horse to remain perfectly still for a long time.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Robert Hershkowitz and Charles Isaacs
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