Lucknow. Residence
1890
Photoglob Co.
Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
Photography
Lucknow. Residence, 1890. Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910). Photochrom; image: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.); paper: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust 2018.219 The Residence, several buildings that housed and served colonial officials, was put under siege during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company. The British regained control in 1858 but left the ruins as a memorial to their fallen compatriots. Photochrom is an ink-based process that produces color images from black-and-white photographic negatives.
- Maker/Artist
- Photoglob Co.
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- Photochrom
- Medium
- photochrom
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Imprinted in gold on recto in lower left corner: “20013. P.Z.-LUCKNOW. RESIDENCE”
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
- 2018.219
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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