Cleveland Museum of Art

View of the Acropolis (walking man in foreground)

Adolphe Braun & Co.

Date

c. 1880s

Medium

mammoth carbon print, brown-toned

Culture

France

Department

Photography

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Adolphe marketed his photos of flowers, artworks, landscapes, and monuments from across Europe throughout that continent and in North America. The Acropolis of Athens, the most famous ancient Greek site, must have sold well; Braun offered multiple views of it. The image on a carbon print is formed from pigmented gelatin, which is far more resistant to fading than the silver or metal salts in silver-based prints. Carbon prints are among the stable and long-lasting photographic processes.

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